Ahousaht and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations and the BC government announced 760 sq km of old-growth forests in Clayoquot Sound are now safeguarded in 10 new conservancies.
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https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/avatar-grove-hikers-tourism-trees.png8461237TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2024-07-31 10:08:302024-07-31 10:26:01Sooke News Mirror: Port Renfrew’s Avatar Grove closure drags on with no end in sight
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/namhint-valley-logging-bcts-2024-442.jpg13652048TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2024-07-08 15:07:502024-07-30 16:58:44Global News: BC advocates raising alarm due to recent clear-cut on Vancouver Island
BC old-growth activists have taken before and after photos of a large area of an ancient grove that was clear-cut on Vancouver Island near Port Alberni in the Nahmint Valley.
Shocking photos and drone footage reveal carnage as old-growth trees upwards of 9 feet wide and over 500 years old are logged under the management of BC Timber Sales in the famed Nahmint Valley on Vancouver Island, BC.
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A significant stretch of endangered caribou habitat in northeast BC has been permanently protected in the newly expanded Klinse-Za / Twin Sisters Park, First Nations and the BC and federal governments announced today.
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Ancient Forest Alliance photographer TJ Watt's award-winning image of a giant old-growth cedar on Flores Island in Clayoquot Sound was also featured in The Guardian alongside the other winning images from the Earth Photo 2024 contest.
A photograph of a solitary man walking along terraces in China, rust-red rivers in Alaska and a gargantuan western red cedar are among the winning images of the Earth Photo 2024 competition. The award – created in 2018 by Forestry England, the UK’s Royal Geographic Society and visual arts consultancy Parker Harris – aims to showcase the beauty of our planet, as well as the threats it is facing, from climate change to toxic pollution.
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Flores-Island-Tyson-CNN-1.jpg13652048TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2024-06-24 13:20:412024-06-24 13:22:07CNN: Striking photos show how our planet is changing – for better and for worse
An image of a massive western red cedar towering over an Ahousaht hereditary leader has won an award in the Royal Geographical Society’s Earth Photo 2024 competition. Titled Flores Island Cedar, the photo shows Tyson Atleo standing at the base of a western red cedar that’s estimated to be more than 1,000 years old.
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Flores-Island-Cedar-TJ-Watt.jpg13652048TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2024-06-24 10:58:542024-06-24 10:58:54Times Colonist: Photo of old-growth cedar tree on Flores Island wins international award
The Narwhal: Over half of Clayoquot Sound’s iconic forests are now protected — here’s how First Nations and BC did it
Sooke News Mirror: Port Renfrew’s Avatar Grove closure drags on with no end in sight
Global News: BC advocates raising alarm due to recent clear-cut on Vancouver Island
Victoria Buzz: ‘Old-growth carnage’: Activists concerned over clear-cut forest near Port Alberni (PHOTOS)
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Massive Old-Growth Trees Cut in the Nahmint Valley via BC Timber Sales
The Narwhal: This new provincial park is the largest created in BC in a decade
The Guardian: ‘A distressing reality’: our beautiful planet under threat – in pictures
CNN: Striking photos show how our planet is changing – for better and for worse
Times Colonist: Photo of old-growth cedar tree on Flores Island wins international award
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