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The Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) is a registered charitable organization working to protect BC’s endangered old-growth forests and to ensure a sustainable, value-added, second-growth forest industry.
Authorized by Ancient Forest Alliance, registered sponsor under the Election Act, 250-896-4007.
AFA’s office is located on the territories of the Lekwungen Peoples, also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.
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Environmentalists Call for a BC Park Acquisition Fund and for Island Timberlands to Back Off until Contentious Lands can be Purchased for Protection
Conservationists are standing in solidarity today calling on coastal logging giant Island Timberlands to back off from their plans to log forests with high recreational and environmental values, including old-growth forests and sensitive ecosystems, while calling on the BC government to help purchase the company’s contentious private lands.
Shaw TV’s The Daily – Avatar Grove Protected
Watch the report on the protection of the Avatar Grove!
CHEK News – Avatar Grove Protected
Watch the local news coverage of the Avatar Grove's protection!
CBC Radio: All Points West radio interview with the AFA’s Ken Wu on Avatar Grove
It's a grove of 900 year-old cedars near Port Renfrew and has attracted the attention of everyone from eco-tourists to Al Jazeera.The BC government announced Avatar Grove will be protected from logging. Ken Wu is celebrating this decision. He has spent years advocating for preservation of the area. He is the co-founder of the Ancient Forest Alliance.
Protection of Avatar Grove will boost tourism
On Feb. 16, Steve Thomson, Minister for the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, announced that all of Avatar Grove is now protected from harvesting.
TWO YEAR Anniversary of the Ancient Forest Alliance – Mon., Feb 27th!
Mon., Feb.27: 100 MILE DINNER and CELEBRATION! (Victoria) Norway House, 1110 Hillside Avenue (by Graham St.), Victoria 6:00-7:30 pm 100 Mile Dinner! ***SOLD OUT*** Course details TBA. Vegetarian and non-vegetarian options. Music by renowned Victoria musician Mike Edel! 7:30—9:30 pm Celebration ***TICKETS LEFT*** To celebrate the organization’s phenomenal growth and success, Social Coast (www.SocialCoast.org) is organizing a 100 Mile Dinner for the AFA with locally-produced, delicious gourmet foods! Yummy! Afterwards, there will be a celebration with music, drinks, speakers, a silent auction, and hob-nobbing with fellow tree-huggers!
B.C. Auditor-General faults government for failing to protect forests
Avatar Grove, so named by environmentalists inspired by the Hollywood eco-fable Avatar, has become a tourism attraction due to its fantastically shaped western red cedars, including one tree nicknamed “Canada's Gnarliest Tree” for its massive burls.
Island version of Avatar Grove given provincial protection
Avatar Grove, a unique stand of centuries-old Douglas firs and red cedars, will be at the heart of an expanded, 59-hectare old-growth management area, Forests Minister Steve Thomson said Thursday. The decision follows a public review period, with 232 out of 236 comments favouring protection.
B.C. earns kudos for protecting Avatar Grove; slammed by auditor general on forestry
The Victoria-based Ancient Forests Alliance applauded the government's decision to protect from logging almost 60-hectares of the old-growth cedar forest near Port Renfrew, located about 110 kilometres south of Victoria on Vancouver Island.
Forest alliance welcomes government announcement to preserve Avatar Grove
The BC Government announced Thursday that a unique stand of old growth cedars known as the Avatar Grove will be entirely protected from development and logging.