[MCN] Sustainable forests? Forest conservation faces "lethal combination"

[Lance Olsen]

"A forest can take a bit of insects or disease but then you put 
drought on top of that and the total is greater than the sum of the 
parts. Throw in climate change, which arguably influences pests like 
mountain pine beetle and fire and drought, this is kind of a double 
or triple whammy. There will be more hot and dry years that will lead 
to more drought, bugs and fire. That's a lethal combination for 
forests."

Mike Flannigan, professor with the department of renewable resources 
at the University of 
<http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/drought-stressed-trees-in-alberta-could-see-more-mountain-pine-beetles>Alberta, 
discussing the threats to forests the Canadian province.
- Calgary Herald
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"People should want more, make more, earn more, spend more -- ever more."

Donella Meadows, co-author, Limits to Growth
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"The recognition that things that are not sustainable will eventually 
come to an end does not give us much of a guide to whether the 
transition will be calm or exciting."

Timothy Geithner


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