History was made in Clayoquot Sound one year ago with the most significant expansion of old-growth protection in decades, when the Ahousaht and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation declared the protection of 760 km2 of land in 10 new conservancies.
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
Ancient Forest Alliance Photographer TJ Watt awarded Royal Geographical Society Earth Photo 2024 prize for Image of the Enormous Tree in Clayoquot Sound, Canada, featured on CNN and in The Guardian. The award coincides with the largest old-growth protected areas victory in decades announced earlier this week in Clayoquot Sound.
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 Watt2024-06-21 10:00:262024-06-21 10:00:26Photo of Giant Old-Growth Cedar Wins Prestigious International Award
Conservationists are applauding the leadership of the Ahousaht, Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation and BC NDP government for yesterday declaring the protection of 76,000 hectares of land in new conservancies in Clayoquot Sound near Tofino.
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Flores-Island-Clayoquot-Sound-147.jpg13652048TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2023-12-18 11:07:352023-12-18 11:07:35Nature photographer discovers ancient ‘freak-of-nature’ tree hiding in plain sight: ‘I’ve never seen a tree as impressive as this one’
An explorer who focuses on location and preserving old-growth trees has encountered what is one of the oldest old-growth trees ever documented in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Flores-Island-Clayoquot-Sound-150.jpg13652048TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2023-10-11 15:28:312023-10-11 15:28:31The Independent: Rare tree hunter in Canada finds ‘freak of nature’ 1,000-year-old cedar
Nearly two decades into his hunt for B.C.’s biggest trees, it takes a lot to blow away Ancient Forest Alliance campaigner and National Geographic explorer TJ Watt. A tree on Flores Island has done just that.
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Flores-Island-Clayoquot-Sound-41.jpg13652048TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2023-07-31 14:52:072023-07-31 14:52:071,000 year old tree found on Flores Island to be protected
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Flores-Island-Clayoquot-Sound-162.jpg13652048TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2023-07-31 14:43:022023-07-31 14:53:08BC big tree hunter documents grandest old-growth tree he’s ever seen
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