Indigenous leaders are hoping COP15 will be an opportunity to showcase how Indigenous-led conservation can be at the heart of a new global biodiversity agreement. Over the past few years, Indigenous-led conservation has picked up momentum in Canada and abroad, reflecting a growing body of research that highlights the connections between traditional Indigenous territories and biodiversity.
November 27, 2022 The Canadian Press By Brenna Owen British Columbia has asked First Nations if they want old-growth forests set aside from logging, allowing time for long-term planning of conservation and sustainable development, but it has yet to fund the process on a large scale, advocates say. In the meantime, some of the biggest […]
November 22, 2022 Canadian Geographic By Madigan Cotterill Conservation photographer TJ Watt advocates for the protection of old-growth ecosystems by documenting the loss of giant trees For hundreds of years, British Columbia’s old-growth forests have stood as markers of time; storing carbon, supporting biodiversity, providing habitat and performing other ecosystem services. But intensive logging is […]
November 21, 2022 Vancouver Sun By Rochelle Baker Federal government is willing to spend millions to reach its international commitments to products natural areas Businesses are urging the BC government to capitalize on Ottawa’s offer to spend hundreds of millions to save threatened ecosystems in the run-up to the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal next […]
From donations and dedicated fundraisers to in-kind support and everything in between, we’re incredibly grateful to the business community for generously supporting the ancient forest campaign! This month, we’d like to give a huge thank you to the following supporters: First Growth Reclaimed Design for donating partial proceeds from sales of their sustainable Big Lonely […]
You’re invited to our Year-End Celebration & Fundraiser at the Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad St.) on Wednesday, November 30th from 6 pm – 9 pm! Join us for our first in-person Ancient Forest Alliance year-end event in three years to celebrate our 12th year of operation and the amazing community that has helped us […]
November 9, 2022 The Narwhal By Sarah Cox In August, as Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault prepared to visit an old-growth forest park in West Vancouver, his office drafted a news release for the occasion. It was never sent out. The federal government had committed up to $50 million to permanently protect […]
Yesterday the BC government released new and misleading statistics about old-growth logging on the one year anniversary of its science panel’s recommendations that logging should be deferred on millions of hectares of the most at-risk old-growth forests in BC.
October 18, 2022 Victoria Buzz By Curtis Blandy A new series of photos has been released by the Ancient Forest Alliance to call for conservation of old-growth forests that are being affected by logging. The series was captured between 2020 and 2022 by photographer TJ Watt near Lake Cowichan and on the Ditidaht First Nation’s […]
October 11th National Observer By Dani Penaloza A rare section of diverse old-growth forest in BC, where the coastal rainforest meets the dry interior, has been purchased by a conservation organization and handed back to the Kanaka Bar Indian Band to protect. In August, the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation (NBSF) bought the eight acres known as […]
