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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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ACTION ALERT: Tell your MLA to stand up for old-growth protection and sustainable forestry jobs!
Here are the main talking points and FAQs to make contacting your MLA easy and let them know your stance on protecting old-growth forests in BC.
The Georgia Strait: “Conservation financing is a game-changer for BC’s old-growth forests”
Read this op-ed by Endangered Ecosystems Alliance's Ken Wu discussing the new conservation financing mechanism announced by Premier David Eby and the BC NDP last week.
The Times Colonist: BC’s $300M old-growth fund puts First Nations ‘in the driver’s seat’
$300-million investment aims to save BC's old-growth forests by offering First Nations sustainable economic alternatives to industrial logging.
BC Launches Vital Conservation Financing Mechanism to Protect Old-Growth Forests and Ecosystems
Conservationists give thanks to Premier Eby for fulfilling a key commitment on the path to protecting old-growth forests in BC.
The Canadian Press: Poor data hinders B.C. old-growth logging deferrals, advocates say
Irreplaceable ancient forests that should meet criteria for interim protection are being left open to logging in British Columbia due to outdated and inaccurate government data, advocates and an ecologist who advised the province say.
Ancient Forests Under Threat After Being Missed for Logging Deferral Due to Government Data Errors
Ancient Forest Alliance is highlighting the urgent need for the BC government to proactively identify what are likely thousands of hectares of at-risk old-growth forests that were missed during the deferral process due to forest inventory errors.
AFA is Now a Registered Charity!
We’re elated to announce that Ancient Forest Alliance is officially a registered charity!
The Independent: Rare tree hunter in Canada finds ‘freak of nature’ 1,000-year-old cedar
An explorer who focuses on location and preserving old-growth trees has encountered what is one of the oldest old-growth trees ever documented in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
The Washington Post: ‘Freak of nature’ tree is the find of a lifetime for forest explorer
TJ Watt has spent half his life as a forest explorer, a self-described “tree hunter” in British Columbia. He wades deep into endangered forests to find pristine towering trees that are hundreds of years old and massively wide but have never been photographed or documented.
San Jo’s Smiley, Canada’s Largest Sitka Spruce Tree
A strikingly beautiful image of the magnificent San Josef Spruce, aka "San Jo's Smiley," the largest spruce tree in Canada.