Oldest living trees in Canada placed on the chopping block by B.C. government agency
Environmental groups Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) and Sierra Club BC are calling on the B.C. government to direct its logging agency, B.C. Timber Sales (BCTS), to cancel a proposed cut block on the Sunshine Coast. The cut block contains stands of ancient trees, one of which has been found to be 1,036 years old.
20,000+ send a message to MLAs across BC: Save old-growth forests!
On February 6, sixteen MLAs across the province received a visit from concerned constituents. More than a hundred people showed up to their constituency offices to deliver a letter signed by 20,000+ BC residents calling for the protection of the last intact stands of unprotected old-growth on Vancouver Island and endangered old-growth forests across the province.
Logging BC’s endangered ancient forests speeds up the sixth mass extinction
Here in “Super, Natural B.C.,” we often celebrate our biological richness and spectacular landscapes. Many of us hang on to the belief that things are not so bad in our neck of the woods, despite the fact that 1,900 B.C. species are at risk of disappearing.
20,000-strong demand for old-growth forest protection delivered to MLA offices across B.C.
Together with concerned local residents, representatives of Sierra Club BC and Leadnow today delivered a letter signed by more than 20,000 B.C. residents to government MLA offices across B.C.
Hidden, uncounted forest emissions will be more than three times B.C.’s total official emissions
B.C.’s hidden and uncounted forest emissions in 2017 and 2018 will be three times higher than the province’s total officially reported emissions, warns Sierra Club BC.
EVENT: Ancient rainforest day of action
On February 6, we’re delivering a letter from 15,000 people to MLAs across the province to show there’s broad support for protecting old-growth forests.
New threat to Brazil’s Amazon rainforest highlights the need to protect rainforests worldwide
January 14, 2019
When people think about the fate of the…
Vancouver Island’s ancient rainforests destroyed three times faster than Brazil’s Amazon rainforest
As Brazil's new president Jair Bolsonaro acted immediately to remove protections for the country's rainforest after taking office this week, Sierra Club BC called for increased protection of globally important rainforests and warned that Vancouver Island’s productive ancient rainforests are being destroyed three times faster than Brazil’s Amazon rainforest.
On the road and in the rainforest: An update from campaigner Mark Worthing
November 30, 2018
By Mark Worthing, Conservation and Climate…