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.
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AFA’s TJ Watt to Present at TEDxVictoria on May 15!
Catch Ancient Forest Alliance Photographer and Campaigner TJ Watt at the TEDxVictoria event on May 15th! Tickets still available.
Fawn Lily
A graceful straight stem, curving elegantly at the top like a tiny streetlamp with beams of golden light spilling down — the fawn lily is such a picturesque beauty, that once seen, it will never be forgotten.
Thank you to our incredible business supporters!
We’d like to take the opportunity to extend a massive thank you to the following businesses for recently supporting the old-growth campaign.
International Day of Forests: Conservation groups alarmed that BC is backsliding on Old-Growth Forest Policy Progress
AFA and EEA are concerned the BC government is backsliding on its previous policy progress to ensure a paradigm shift in the management of old-growth forests in BC.
Thank you for helping us surpass our 14th birthday goal!
Thank you for celebrating Ancient Forest Alliance's 14th birthday and helping us raise $16,427 for the old-growth campaign!
Ahousaht and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations Announce Protected Conservancies Proposal in Clayoquot Sound
Major tracts of the finest old-growth forests in BC are included in the Ahousaht and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations' proposed Provincial Conservancies network.
AFA’s TJ Watt Presents at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC
The presentation on "The Search for the World's Biggest Trees" was part of Kennedy Center's two-week "REACH to FOREST" event.
Thank you to these foundations for their support!
Now that AFA is a charity, we can now accept donations through foundations! Thanks to the following foundations for their generous support in 2023.
Hair Ice
Hidden among the rainforests of BC you can find wonders of ephemeral beauty and minute delicacy, and few of these are stranger or lovelier than the phenomenon of hair ice.
It’s AFA’s 14th birthday!
We're celebrating our 14th birthday on February 24th and all we've accomplished this year together. Will you celebrate with us by giving just $14?