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Summary:CANADA'S BEAUTIFUL AND REMOTE VANCOUVER ISLAND HAS BECOME A BATTLEGROUND. MULTINATIONAL TIMBER COMPANIES ARE ACCUSED OF LAYING WASTE HUGE AREAS OF OLD GROWTH FOREST WITH THE PRACTICE OF "CLEARCUT LOGGING". ALTHOUGH IT IS A CHARGE THAT THE COMPANIES VIGOROUSLY DENY, EVEN SOME OF THE LOGGERS ARE CONCERNED AT THE SCALE OF THE DESTRUCTION IN THIS WILD AND SPECTACULAR REGION. LAST YEAR THE LOCAL PEOPLE BECAME SO FRUSTRATED AT THEIR FAILURE TO GET THE LOGGING STOPPED, THEY BLOCKED ROADS, CHAINED THEMSELVES TO VEHICLES AND SAT IN THE FOREST CANOPY SUSPENDED FROM THE HIGHEST TREES IN PROTEST. THIS IS THE STORY OF THEIR BATTLE FOR THE TREES.
Description:MULTINATIONALS HAVE BEGUN CLEAR CUTTING VAST TRACTS OF CANADIAN FOREST BUT THE PEOPLE OF VANCOUVER ISLAND ARE DETERMINED TO STOP THEM.