A report from the B.C. branch of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says a leaked map suggests the province has approved a pause for logging in less than half of the old-growth forests identified as being at risk of permanent biodiversity loss.
Ben Parfitt, a resource policy analyst with the centre, says a comparison of the Forests Ministry map against 2.6
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