Plan to sell State forests must be axed

“When I would re-create myself, I seek the darkest wood, the thickest and most interminable and, to the citizen, most dismal, swamp . . . There is the strength, the marrow of Nature. In short, all good things are wild and free.”

The Cabinet is expected to make a decision on whether or not to sell harvesting rights to State forests over the coming days.

Even at this very difficult moment this is far more than an economic decision. It will define what we think important, what we consider inviolable, and most importantly of all, it will show how confident we feel about our ability to utilise natural resources for the benefit of this society.