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Our Mission

The Ancient Forest Alliance works to protect endangered old-growth forests in British Columbia and to ensure a sustainable, value-added, second-growth forest industry.

Latest news

Happy International Day for Biological Diversity!

Diversity is a defining feature of old-growth forests, whose unparalleled structural complexity develops over centuries to provide habitats for thousands of species, many of which live nowhere else. Learn more about these incredible rainforest ecosystems and take action to protect them!
Announcements

Bigleaf Maple Flowers

In the coastal rainforests, you know it's officially spring when the bigleaf maples start to flower with their subtle yellow-green colouring! Learn more about these lovely flowers here.
Educational

Thank You for Celebrating 15 Years with Us 🌲

Thank you to everyone who attended and/or supported the AFA's 15th Anniversary Celebration & Fundraiser on May 1st at the beautiful Gorge Pavilion! Thanks to your generosity, we raised over $13,000 to support our efforts to protect endangered old-growth forests in BC!
Events
Ancient Forest Alliance Campaign Director TJ Watt stands beside a giant old-growth redcedar tree in the unprotected Jurassic Grove near Port Renfrew in Pacheedaht territory.

Earth Day — Environmental Groups to BC Government: Go Forward, Not Backward on Old-Growth Protection and Modernization of BC Forestry

This Earth Day, AFA and EEA are issuing a strong warning to the BC government about potential commercial logging in protected areas and calling on it to refocus on incomplete measures to protect old-growth forests, implement its draft Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework, and ensure a transition to a sustainable, value-added second-growth forest industry.
Media Release

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Explore Our Photo Galleries

The photos you see on this website were captured by AFA Photographer, Campaigner, and Co-Founder, TJ Watt. TJ has been photographing both the beauty and destruction of BC’s old-growth forests for over a decade now and his images play a vital role in making these remote areas visually accessible for people across the globe.