Infographic: 5 years after the Old Growth Strategic Review, the BC Government stalls progress and starts to backslide.

Five years after the Old Growth Strategic Review, the BC Government is stalling progress and starting to backslide.

In 2020, the BC NDP government promised a bold “paradigm shift” in how old-growth forests are managed in the province. Today, progress has largely stalled, leaving the remaining old-growth forests in BC at imminent risk.

To mark the anniversary, we’re calling on the BC NDP Government to urgently deliver:

• A BC Protected Areas Strategy: Proactively pursue the protection of candidate areas of the highest conservation value through shared decision-making with First Nations.
• “Solutions space” funding for First Nations: Help secure the remaining 1.3 million hectares of priority old-growth deferrals by offsetting lost forestry revenues.
• Ecosystem-Based Protection Targets: Ensure endangered ecosystems and big-tree old-growth forests are fully protected in both legislated protected areas and conservation reserves.

Browse through the infographics to learn more, and Take Action here to help protect these endangered ecosystems for good!