Herb Hammond will guide a new form of conversation about the forestry industry and how we live along side the current framing between humans and nature, a framing which so often influences politics, industry practices and our daily decision making. Herb will focus on nature based planning, something that can only be executed correctly when we firstly focus on how we frame the relationship between humans and nature. To do this, Herb will use examples in forestry management to demonstrate how things could change if we look at our relationship with nature with a different lense.
94% of British Columbia’s forests are publicly owned. Herb will be discussing why the forestry industry allows private timber companies to purchase public lands in long term renewable leases with little regulation. Herb will also address the important question: How we can take back the forest in our own hands?