CTV News Vancouver Island - An investigation by British Columbia's forest practices watchdog has found the provincial agency responsible for auctioning timber sale licenses did not adequately protect old forest in an area of Vancouver Island.
The Narwhal - A three-year review by the forest practices board found the provincial government did not meet its legal objective to protect ecosystems and ancient forests in a treasured Vancouver Island watershed.
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An investigation by the Forest Practices Board - sparked by a complaint lodged by the AFA - has found that BC Timber Sales’s logging plans for the Nahmint Valley have consistently failed to comply with legally-binding land-use objectives for biodiversity protection.
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The Ancient Forest Alliance is disappointed the NDP government’s provincial budget, released yesterday, fails to allocate funding to protect endangered old-growth forests or enact the necessary paradigm shift in BC’s forest sector.
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Here's a great article in McLean's magazine that traces the decades-long line of the War in the Woods from the 80s & 90s to today's blockades to protect the last remnant patches of BC's ancient forests and the failure of the BC government to act on the Old Growth Panel recommendations.
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Without funding to protect old-growth forests, BC's ancient giants will continue to fall. Speak up today! Send a message to the BC government before April 20th, demanding funding be allocated in Budget…
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Victoria City Council has unanimously approved a motion to call on the BC government to immediately defer logging in all at-risk old-growth forests on Vancouver Island and fund an economic transition…
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B.C. timber agency didn’t adequately protect old forest on Vancouver Island: watchdog
B.C. ‘shouldn’t have approved’ plan that failed to protect Nahmint old-growth forests: watchdog
Forestry Watchdog finds BC Timber Sales failing to protect old-growth, biodiversity in Nahmint Valley
Conservationists decry absence of funding for old-growth, forestry paradigm shift in BC Budget
No New Money for Old Growth Protection in BC’s Budget
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‘War in the woods’: activists blockade Vancouver Island in bid to save ancient trees
Send a Message to Demand Funding for Old-Growth Protection in Budget 2021
Thank you to our recent business supporters!
Victoria City Council unanimously approves motion to endorse old-growth resolution
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