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Timber pledge plea (From York Press)
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Timber pledge plea
12:02pm Thursday 25th October 2012 in Letters By Reader's letter
ARE other readers aware that some of the City of York council tax might be supporting an illegal and unsustainable timber trade which destroys the world’s most pristine forests?
If our council commits to choosing wood and paper from legal and sustainable sources, this can be avoided. The way our council sources its timber products could really help to protect forests, wildlife and local communities in places such as Indonesia and the Congo Basin.
Local authorities have huge purchasing power – they use up to 25 per cent of the timber consumed in the UK. It is therefore clear that councils like ours should make sure they’re buying responsibly sourced wood and paper.
I am calling on our council to join more than 65 other councils in the UK who have made a pledge with WWF UK’s sustainable timber campaign to improve their timber and paper purchasing.
Other readers can also help by visiting the website wwf.org.uk/timberpledge
Callum Roberts, WWF UK Ambassador and Professor of Marine Conservation, University of York.
Comments(12)
NickPheas
says...
12:38pm Thu 25 Oct 12
It was quite thoroughly debunked on Radio 4's excellent programme 'More or Less', who concluded "Just 436,900,000 cod left in the North Sea" would have been a more accurate headline.
http://www.bbc.co.uk
/news/magazine-19755
695
NickPheas
says...
1:19pm Thu 25 Oct 12
NickPheas
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1:19pm Thu 25 Oct 12
Ichabod76
says...
2:33pm Thu 25 Oct 12
but unfortunately it was the same twerp
Quote from the Daily Telegraph article
"Callum Roberts, professor of marine biology at York University, told the Sunday Times that intense industrial fishing meant that few fish survived beyond the age of four, when they reach sexual maturity."
NickPheas
says...
5:07pm Thu 25 Oct 12
There are very few cod more that 12 years old in the North Sea. Since they're sexually mature well before that, so what?
Silver
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8:26pm Thu 25 Oct 12
Ichabod76
says...
4:32pm Fri 26 Oct 12
NickPheas wrote:But it was the academic (a professor of marine biology) that didn't know the difference between a North Sea Cod and a Baltic Cod
Well it was the academic who issued the report that the idiot at the telegraph completely misread. Not convinced that being misread by a telegraph reporter makes you a twerp.
There are very few cod more that 12 years old in the North Sea. Since they're sexually mature well before that, so what?
Ageing Hippy
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6:27pm Fri 26 Oct 12
capt spaulding
says...
5:49am Sat 27 Oct 12
Ichabod76 wrote:95 now I caught 5 yesterday on a charter boat out of Whitby.
Are you the same twerp who said that there are only 100 cod left in the North Sea ?
Magicman!
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1:36am Sun 28 Oct 12
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BTW, getting wood from certified sources puts up the price... compare timber costs from Wickes or B&Q before you could track the plank of two by four back to it's original tree to what the costs are now and just having that certification stamp on the wood has put up the price by a notable chunk.... just like Cadbury's chocolate going Fairtrade notched up the price by about a third.
Friedrich Hayek
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8:56am Sun 28 Oct 12
There you are, swaying around on the edge of the dance floor in the semi-dark with a head full of ethanol and other exotic substances, and you see this cute little tree, dancing around with its friends.
And so you go over and one thing leads to another, and the next thing you know, some ecofag is telling you that what you did was wrong.
tl;dr - nobody cares.
Ichabod76 says...
12:24pm Thu 25 Oct 12