Thanks for the support at our Year-End Celebration & Fundraiser!
Thanks to all who attended and/or supported our 2023 Year-End Celebration & Fundraiser, where you helped us raise $5,284 for old-growth protection.
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Entries by TJ Watt
The Globe & Mail: ‘Salmon parks’ in traditional First Nations territory aim to save habitats by stopping old-growth logging
New plan from the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation, aided by the BC and federal governments, signals a shift in Indigenous-led conservation across the province
The Guardian: “The nature cure: how time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic”
Without engaging with natural environments, our brains cease to work well. As the new field of environmental neuroscience proves, exposure to nature isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity
WATCH: BC forest plan draft hailed by conservationists
See this video interview with EEA’s Ken Wu, discussing the BC government’s recent “unprecedented leaps forward” when it comes to old-growth forest protection.
Support ancient forests this Giving Tuesday!
Two ways you can support old-growth forests in BC during Ancient Forest Alliance’s Giving Tuesday campaign from Nov. 21 to Dec. 1, 2023!
Save The Date! AFA’s Year-End Celebration & Fundraiser is Tuesday, November 28th
Join us for our Year-End Celebration and Fundraiser on Tuesday, November 28th, 6–9 pm for a fun-filled evening with AFA staff and supporters!
CBC Radio — “On The Island with Gregor Craigie”: Interview with Ken Wu
Listen to this interview with Endangered Ecosystems Alliance’s Ken Wu, speaking about the significance of the draft Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework.
‘Potential paradigm shift’: Activists are hopeful for BC’s new environmental protections
BC’s government is implementing further steps to protect the province’s at-risk environment through a new biodiversity and ecosystem health framework.
Roosevelt Elk
The Roosevelt elk is Vancouver Island’s largest and most charismatic land mammal and is specially adapted to the temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest.
BC Opens the Door for a Potential Paradigm Shift in Conservation
Conservationists say the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework (BEHF) could ensure a major paradigm shift to safeguard the most endangered and least protected ecosystems, such as big-treed old-growth forests, if done correctly.
