Thank you for your important work in standing up for our fellow non-human beings and swearing allegiance to the living Earth as a priority that stands above and apart from any allegiances to flags, legal systems or nationstates. As an author working within the Permaculture and Regenerative Gardening education fields I have recently attempted to highlight the aspects of our current legal, economic and government systems which are antithetical to the Permaculture Design Ethics.
In my recent essay I outlined ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ. I feel this ties into your highlighting how Ecocide is Legal in our current system of government so I will share the essay below for anyone interested in learning more.
Thank you for sharing your love with our Mother Earth and for giving a voice to those beings that cannot speak for themselves. You do our human (and non-human) family a great service through your meaningful works.
Having worked for the BC Ministry of Forests for 30 years I gained some insight on the road building, clearcutting permit process. In BC a company with a license -for example a Tree Farm License or a Forest License has to submit a cutting permit application or a road permit application for each clearcut or section of road built. The application is a 1 page checklist and the process relies on "Professional Accountability" meaning the submitting Forester is basically honest. There are no field checks in this process. Basically a cutting permit application can never be denied unless the First Nation from that area blocks the process.
BC's Forestry Legislation changed with a change of Government from the Forest Practices Code (FPC)to the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA). FRPA was written together with the Forest Industry along with a package of tax reforms.
FRPA is an extremely weak piece of legislation. Part of my job was to inspect roads and timber harvesting. When issues occurred my job was to investigate contraventions of the legislation, however, in 90% of cases the legislation was completely unenforceable. The most effective parts of this legislation were around wood theft, which in most cases impacts individuals cutting firewood or cedar shake blocks without a permit.
Large Forest Companies have their own certification process (i.e. FSC or "Forest Stewardship Council). For one company FSC would call me yearly and ask if the company contravened any laws and even though they had multiple landslides I had to say they were in compliance because FRPA was useless legislation.
In short, Government gives out a steady stream of permits to build roads and to clearcut. The permit process is pretty much a rubber stamp and the legislation as we used to say at work was "smoke and mirrors".
Government is in the process of approving ecocide.
Thank you for your important work in standing up for our fellow non-human beings and swearing allegiance to the living Earth as a priority that stands above and apart from any allegiances to flags, legal systems or nationstates. As an author working within the Permaculture and Regenerative Gardening education fields I have recently attempted to highlight the aspects of our current legal, economic and government systems which are antithetical to the Permaculture Design Ethics.
In my recent essay I outlined ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ. I feel this ties into your highlighting how Ecocide is Legal in our current system of government so I will share the essay below for anyone interested in learning more.
https://gavinmounsey.substack.com/p/why-involuntary-governance-structures?
Thank you for sharing your love with our Mother Earth and for giving a voice to those beings that cannot speak for themselves. You do our human (and non-human) family a great service through your meaningful works.
Appreciate you pointing out that ecocide is legal. Not only that, but it is tax exempt as well.
Having worked for the BC Ministry of Forests for 30 years I gained some insight on the road building, clearcutting permit process. In BC a company with a license -for example a Tree Farm License or a Forest License has to submit a cutting permit application or a road permit application for each clearcut or section of road built. The application is a 1 page checklist and the process relies on "Professional Accountability" meaning the submitting Forester is basically honest. There are no field checks in this process. Basically a cutting permit application can never be denied unless the First Nation from that area blocks the process.
BC's Forestry Legislation changed with a change of Government from the Forest Practices Code (FPC)to the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA). FRPA was written together with the Forest Industry along with a package of tax reforms.
FRPA is an extremely weak piece of legislation. Part of my job was to inspect roads and timber harvesting. When issues occurred my job was to investigate contraventions of the legislation, however, in 90% of cases the legislation was completely unenforceable. The most effective parts of this legislation were around wood theft, which in most cases impacts individuals cutting firewood or cedar shake blocks without a permit.
Large Forest Companies have their own certification process (i.e. FSC or "Forest Stewardship Council). For one company FSC would call me yearly and ask if the company contravened any laws and even though they had multiple landslides I had to say they were in compliance because FRPA was useless legislation.
In short, Government gives out a steady stream of permits to build roads and to clearcut. The permit process is pretty much a rubber stamp and the legislation as we used to say at work was "smoke and mirrors".
Government is in the process of approving ecocide.
Great piece, Max