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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False Hellebore
One of the most poisonous, yet beautiful plants of the coastal rainforest is false hellebore (also known as Indian hellebore).
Totem Pole Ceremony – Opitsaht, Meares Island
Last summer, members of the House of Ewos from the Tla-o-qui-aht Nation, and many invited guests, raised a totem pole at the ancient village of Opitsaht on Meares Island for the first time since 1993.
Double your impact when supporting AFA until July 15th!
We're grateful to announce that a generous supporter has offered to match donations made to the AFA dollar-for-dollar up to $20,000. This means for the next month when you donate to the AFA, your gift will have DOUBLE the impact!
Massive Thanks to our Incredible Business Supporters!
We would like to extend a huge thank you to Wildcoast Perfumery, Zula Jewelry, Barbara Brown Art, Elastic Email, Seaflora Skincare, and Corvidae Environmental Consulting for generously supporting the old-growth campaign.
Recent Updates on Old-Growth Deferrals in BC
Great news — the logging deferral in the Central Walbran valley was extended last year until March 2024 and the deferral at Fairy Creek has now been extended as well until February 2025.
CanGeo: “Big tree hunters: saving the last untouched* areas of the planet”
How a niche British Columbia-based community is working to bring attention to the importance of old-growth forests.
Nurse Logs
Nurse logs are a hallmark of the old-growth forest, where the slow death of ancient trees is the mechanism of forest renewal and rebirth — not only do they support the new growth of trees, they also a range of rainforest creatures.
Old-growth cedars harvested because of database errors, says environmental group
AFA is urging the province to make changes to its forest mapping process after documenting a recent clear cut on northern Vancouver Island.
The Guardian: Images of felled ancient tree a ‘gut-punch’, old-growth experts say
Shocking photos of chopped-down tree in western Canada highlights flaws in plan to protect forest from loggers, activists say.
Ancient Forest Alliance renews call for provincial funds to defer old-growth logging
The Ancient Forest Alliance is renewing its call on the BC government to commit hundreds of millions of dollars to protect old-growth forests.