Unfortunately primary forest (virgin growth) logging is still going on and one organization is dedicated to stopping it to save the world.Glen Barry, head of Ecological Internet, says we are "very,very concerned about the state of the planet. It is my analysis that we have passed the carrying capacity of the Earth, that in several matters we have crossed different ecosystem tipping points or are near doing so."
In an interview with Mongabay, a rainforest conservation site, Barry continues, "It's very likely that the global ecological system is going to collapse. It's not even very likely: it's certain. If we cross thresholds, including the loss of intact terrestrial ecosystems which include primary rainforest and other forests, we are going to face an ecological collapse..."
Barry describes his approach as global grassroots advocacy. It's taking local environmental issues and internationalizing them, sometimes called the 'boomerang effect.' "This can really help those local people to have a larger voice." They currently have a network of over 100,000 people.
Ecological Internet has also become known in environmental circles for harshly criticizing larger conservation groups which have allowed primary deforestation. As the Papua New Guinea World Bank rainforest specialist for four years, Barry saw the continued carnage.
“I just reached a point personally where if I was going to work on this for any longer, I was going to work to end this desecration of 60-million-year-old rainforests for, in some cases, toilet paper and lawn furniture.”
The article encourages one to reflect on the continued loss of the world's precious biodiversity which is present within these ancient and beautiful forests.
