#oldgrowth

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British Columbia is logging its last old growth. Protesters are sleeping in the road to stop it

Since industrial logging began more than a century ago, most of Vancouver Island’s productive old-growth forests — those capable of growing the large trees characteristic of the island’s rainforests —...

apnews.com

British Columbia is logging its last old growth. Protesters are sleeping in the road to stop it

Activists on Vancouver Island are once again trying to stop the logging of old growth forests, some of the rarest and most carbon rich ecosystems on Earth.

secure.avaaz.org

A letter to protect Canada’s ancient forests

Canada's Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones is urging British Columbia to stop destroying this land. Sign here to stand with him and protect this ancient sanctuary.

www.sciencedaily.com

Scientists went looking for giant trees in Taiwan and found a lost world

Taiwan’s steep, remote mountains have sheltered extraordinary forests containing hundreds of giant Taiwania firs. After years of difficult expeditions, LiDAR mapping, and citizen-science detective wor...

earthjustice.org

Tell Congress to reject efforts to clear-cut our forests

This bill is supposedly a measure against wildfires but it really weakens environmental protections for our forests and communities

earthjustice.org

Tell the Trump administration to keep this landmark conservation rule in place

Protect forests from massive expansion of logging