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Jens Wieting

Jens Wieting

Senior Forest and Climate Campaigner

Jens works on protecting BC’s spectacular rainforest and fighting global warming. His primary focus are solutions to maintain the ecological integrity and the climate-stabilizing role of BC’s globally rare temperate rainforests, from Vancouver Island to the Great Bear Rainforest. Jens is following climate science and advocates for strong climate action to phase out fossil fuels and speed up the transition to zero emissions.

Growing up on the coast of the North Sea in West Germany, Jens became passionate about nature at a young age. After spending some time in the Amazon rainforest between high school and university, he got hooked on rainforests and concerned about their fate. He studied land use planning at the Technische Universitaet Berlin, where he also worked for a land use planning office.

Prior to coming to Canada, Jens worked as Tropical Forest Campaigner for German environmental organization Robin Wood, helping protect the rainforest of Indonesia. He also worked for a German development cooperation in Nicaragua to help conservation planning in Biosphere Reserve Bosawas, the largest tropical rainforest region of Central America. Jens has written numerous articles for Canadian and German newspapers about environmental issues.

Jens enjoys spending time with his family hiking and camping in the rainforest, mountains and on the coast. He is a passionate nature photographer, always ready to get muddy to take pictures of critters and giant trees of the rainforests he loves.

  • 604-354-5312

  • jens@sierraclub.bc.ca

Jens’ Posts

March 14, 2019/by Sierra Club

Oldest living trees in Canada placed on the chopping block as communities stand up for local forests

February 11, 2019/by Sierra Club

Logging BC’s endangered ancient forests speeds up the sixth mass extinction

November 1, 2018/by Sierra Club

200,000+ people stand tall for ancient rainforests

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April 9, 2018/by Sierra Club

Proposed old-growth logging on Vancouver Island threatens unique orca rubbing beaches

January 31, 2018/by Sierra Club

Rainforest Island?

March 2, 2017/by Sierra Club

It’s time for the BC government to curb raw log exports and boost value-added forestry jobs

June 28, 2016/by Sierra Club

Growing support for protecting endangered old-growth on Vancouver Island and B.C.’s south coast

April 21, 2016/by Sierra Club

Get a copy of the “Vancouver Island’s Last Stand” newspaper

December 1, 2015/by Sierra Club

AUDIO: Jens Wieting talks about new Mt. Polley permit

June 22, 2015/by Sierra Club

BC Forest Wake-Up Call: Heavy Carbon Losses Hit 10-Year Mark

June 11, 2015/by Sierra Club

BC’s forests: Full decade of carbon loss

May 20, 2015/by Sierra Club

Sorry B.C., You’re not a Climate Change Leader

March 31, 2015/by Sierra Club

Finishing the Great Bear Rainforest Agreements akin to climbing Mount Everest

March 4, 2013/by Sierra Club

Protecting Our Forests

September 21, 2012/by Sierra Club

A call for climate action

January 13, 2011/by Galen Armstrong

Restoring the balance

December 12, 2009/by Sierra Club

Coastal Rainforest at Risk

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