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The Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) is a registered charitable organization working to protect BC’s endangered old-growth forests and to ensure a sustainable, value-added, second-growth forest industry.
Authorized by Ancient Forest Alliance, registered sponsor under the Election Act, 250-896-4007.
AFA’s office is located on the territories of the Lekwungen Peoples, also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.
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Old Growth Forests – Logging Versus Tourism on Vancouver Island
Here is an article in Municipal World magazine detailing the expansion of mainstream support in BC to end the logging of endangered old-growth forests.
New report says raw logs exports at record levels
CHEK TV news piece - Raw log exports reach record levels (includes video footage by the Ancient Forest Alliance's TJ Watt)
Conservationists applaud Old-Growth Protection Resolution by major BC forestry union
Victoria - Conservationists with the Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) are applauding today’s resolution by the Public and Private Workers of Canada (PPWC), representing thousands of forestry workers across BC, calling on the BC government to protect Vancouver Island’s old-growth forests, while ensuring a sustainable, value-added second-growth forest industry, an end to raw log exports, and support for First Nations community development. The major forestry union joins thousands of businesses (BC Chamber of Commerce), mayors and city councils (Union of BC Municipalities), First Nations, and conservation groups across BC in calling on the provincial government to increase protection for BC’s endangered old-growth forests. See the resolution at: www.ppwc.ca/ppwc-statement-old-growth-logging-vancouver-island/
Comment: Rising raw log exports bad for forests, workers
Here's a new Op-ed piece by Ben Parfit (CCPA), Scott Doherty (Unifor), and the Ancient Forest Alliance's Ken Wu about the record levels of raw log exports leaving BC over the past 4 years, with one-third coming from old-growth forests and over half coming from Crown lands over the past 5 years. The forestry unions PPWC and Unifor and conservation groups are calling for an immediate ban on old-growth log exports, progressively higher taxes on second-growth log exports to support domestic mills, and policies to support sustainable, value-added forestry in rural and First Nations communities.
NEW Documentary “No Degree of Scarcity” (by Joe Callander) about Big Lonely Doug & Vancouver Island Old-Growth Logging
Check out this new 8 minute documentary, "No Degree of Scarcity" about Big Lonely Doug and old-growth logging on Vancouver Island by renowned US filmmaker Joe Callander. Callander came to Vancouver Island for a brief stint to follow Ancient Forest Alliance activists Ken Wu and TJ Watt through the clearcut around Big Lonely Doug (Canada's 2nd largest Douglas-fir) by Edinburgh Mountain and to the Walbran Valley, talked with Port Renfrew Chamber of Commerce president Dan Hager, and filmed Ken writing a media release.
SFU Slideshow on BC’s Endangered Old-Growth Forests!
Thursday, February 23, 2017 3:30 - 5:00 pm AQ 2104 SFU Burnaby Campus See a spectacular slideshow by the Ancient Forest Alliance's TJ Watt about the ecology, geography, and policies surrounding BC's endangered old-growth forests. Watt will show amazing photos of the Avatar Grove, Flores Island in Clayoquot Sound, Big Lonely Doug, Cheewhat Giant, Red Creek Fir, Walbran Valley, Eden Grove, Horne Mountain above Cathedral Grove, and the Echo Lake Ancient Forest. Find out what YOU can do to help protect these ancient forests in the lead-up to the May provincial election! Hosted by the SFU Ancient Forest Committee.
THANKS to the Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC)!
THANKS to the Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) for recently supporting the Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) again most generously in our efforts to expand support among "non-traditional allies" including businesses, faith groups, forestry workers, and many others. The MEC and their hundreds of employees have been one of the great supporters of the Ancient Forest Alliance and our campaigns to protect BC's endangered old-growth forests since our earliest years! See their website at: www.MEC.ca
‘No’ to industrial mining and logging, say Ahousaht Ha’wiih
Here is a key article about the recent Ahousaht land use plan vision in the Nuu-cha-nulth newspaper "Ha-shilth-sa"!
Ahousaht First Nation applauded for logging ban
Here's a video and article in CHEK News about the Ahousaht First Nation's recent announcement of their land use plan vision in their territory.
This First Nation Just Banned Industrial Logging and Mining from Vancouver Island Territory
Here's a story in DeSmog Canada about the Ahousaht First Nation declaring over 80% of their territory for protection in their land use plan vision - the largest leap forward for old-growth forest protection in decades on Vancouver Island!