Watch this important video about the inspiring, cutting-edge, First Nations-led efforts of the Tla-o-qui-aht, Ahousaht, and Hupacasath people to protect Vancouver Island’s old-growth forests. While the BC government has yet to officially recognize and support these Nations’ initiatives, there is hope – with your support for Indigenous conservation efforts.
Tahsis Village Council and members of the Tahsis community are joining forces with conservationists to oppose planned logging by Western Forest Products in the McKelvie Watershed, the last unlogged watershed in the Tahsis region, located in Nuu-chah-nulth territory.
“Trees grow back! As long as we replant the trees, why shouldn’t we cut down the old-growth forests?”
This is a common contention, which is addressed in this latest video by filmmaker Darryl Augustine about some of the key differences between BC’s old-growth forests and the ensuing second-growth tree plantations that they’re being replaced with.
The Ancient Forest Alliance gives commendation and thanks to the BC NDP for protecting 1,000 hectares of critically endangered Coastal Douglas fir forests. It’s an important step toward conserving more of BC’s endangered forests found both on private and public lands.
The AFA commends the BC NDP government for protecting nearly 1,000 hectares of endangered Coastal Douglas Fir ecosystem on southeast Vancoucer Island and the Gulf Islands and calls for a provincial land acquisition fund to purchase and protect endangered ecosystems on private lands (which constitute the vast majority of BC’s Coastal Douglas Fir zone)
Twenty-five years ago, more than 12,000 people participated in what become known as the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history: the Clayoquot Sound protests. While this story is legendary, not everyone knows that Clayoquot Sound is not saved and that the large-scale logging of old-growth forests continues across most of BC. Meanwhile, raw log exports undermine BC forestry employment opportunities. Watch this video clip about the protests by film-maker Darryl Augustine to learn more.
CHEK TV has done a news piece about the 25-year anniversary of the launch of the Clayoquot Sound mass blockades, where 12,000 people took part in protests near Tofino in Nuu-chah-nulth territory starting on July 5, 1993. The story includes comments by former Friends of Clayoquot Sound campaign organizer Valerie Langer and Ancient Forest Alliance executive director Ken Wu, along with footage of recent, destructive old-growth logging in the Nahmint Valley.
July 5th, 2018, marks 25 years since the launch of the Clayoquot Sound mass blockades against the logging of ancient forest in Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island in Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations territory.
Today, conservationists reflect on the impact of the historic movement and are urging the BC government to finally end the main forestry conflicts in BC.
A total of 223 scientists from nine countries have signed a letter urging the provincial government to take immediate action to protect B.C.'s remaining temperate rain forests!
“BC’s temperate rainforests are globally rare, they offer habitat for many imperiled species and, globally, the vast majority of these unique rainforests has already been logged. Protection of remaining intact tracts of these carbon-rich, climate saving forests is a global responsibility." – Dr. Dominick DellaSala, chief scientist at the Geos Institute in Ashland, Oregon
Veteran B.C. forester, Anthony Britneff, weighs in on the continued logging of ancient giants and the B.C. government’s attempt to skew the stats on how much old growth forest remains.
“It is incumbent upon our provincial government to stop the arithmetic trickery and to bring intellectual honesty and scientific thinking to a resolution of the old-growth issue on Vancouver Island.”
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