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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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Great News! Diverse Old-Growth Forests Purchased by Conservation Groups for First Nations
We’re excited to share that the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation (NBSF), in collaboration with the Kanaka Bar Indian Band, the Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA), and the Endangered Ecosystems Alliance (EEA), recently purchased one of the most diverse old-growth forests in BC and will be giving it back to the Kanaka Bar with a conservation covenant. The […]
Spin-filled Announcement Reveals BC Government’s Failure to Ensure Net Gains in Old-Growth Logging Deferrals
Yesterday the BC government released new and misleading statistics about old-growth logging on the one year anniversary of its science panel’s recommendations that logging should be deferred on millions of hectares of the most at-risk old-growth forests in BC.
VIDEO: Before and After Old-Growth Logging – Caycuse Watershed 2022
This shocking before and after video exposes the ongoing impacts of old-growth logging on Vancouver Island, BC. Captured between 2020-2022 in the Caycuse watershed in Ditidaht territory by Ancient Forest Alliance Photographer & Campaigner, TJ Watt, the scenes feature centuries-old redcedar trees standing and then cut down with the approval of the BC government. ? […]
Conservation group calls for protection of old-growth on Vancouver Island (PHOTOS)
October 18, 2022 Victoria Buzz By Curtis Blandy A new series of photos has been released by the Ancient Forest Alliance to call for conservation of old-growth forests that are being affected by logging. The series was captured between 2020 and 2022 by photographer TJ Watt near Lake Cowichan and on the Ditidaht First Nation’s […]
New before & after images reveal shocking impacts of old-growth logging on Vancouver Island
For immediate release, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022: New before & after images reveal shocking impacts of old-growth logging on Vancouver Island Images highlight the critical need for conservation financing to help secure old-growth logging deferrals and eventual permanent protection. VICTORIA (Unceded Lekwungen Territories) – The Ancient Forest Alliance has just released a new series of […]
Ancient Forests of BC: TJ Watt Photo Exhibition, Presentations, & Fundraiser. Oct 26th-30th, Salt Spring Island.
Conservation group buys stand of majestic old-growth as gift for First Nation
October 11th National Observer By Dani Penaloza A rare section of diverse old-growth forest in BC, where the coastal rainforest meets the dry interior, has been purchased by a conservation organization and handed back to the Kanaka Bar Indian Band to protect. In August, the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation (NBSF) bought the eight acres known as […]
BC Indigenous conservation plan gets private backing
October 10, 2022 The Globe And Mail By Justine Hunter Battered by climate disasters, community at Kanaka Bar looks to protect old growth forest and restore ecosystems in a way that supports the First Nation’s self-sufficiency initiatives and sustainable economic development. Overhanging a riverbank in the Fraser Canyon, an ancient Western redcedar shows signs of […]
Thank you to our recent business supporters!
A big shout-out to the following businesses and individuals generously supporting the AFA’s ancient forest campaign: Edward Burtynsky Photography for including the AFA as one of the organizations highlighted in their Change Station during the run of #InTheWakeOfProgress at the Canadian Opera Company Theatre, as well as for donating 5% of the earnings from […]
Thank you to Robinson’s Outdoor Store & Patagonia!
We would like to extend a massive thank you to Robinson’s Outdoor Store and Patagonia for helping raise almost $10,000 for Ancient Forest Alliance last week! More than 100 people attended the Film Night and Fundraiser for AFA at Robinson’s, where over $2000 was raised, while Patagonia donated another $7500. It was great to connect […]