Help support the Endangered Ecosystems Alliance (EEA) raise $40,000 for our “Earth Day (April 22) to International Environment Day (June 5) Fundraising Drive”.
Read moreInternational Day of Forests: Conservation groups alarmed that BC is backsliding on Old-Growth Forest Policy Progress
Today, on International Day of Forests, the Endangered Ecosystems Alliance (EEA) and Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) are expressing serious concerns that the British Columbian government is backsliding on its previous policy progress to ensure an ecological paradigm shift regarding its management of old-growth forests across BC.
Read moreForest Productivity and the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework
Learn about forest productivity distinctions in BC.
Read moreWhat is BC's Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework? Info Panel Explainers
Here is a series of info panels to help you understand BC's proposed Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework - the greatest chance to ensure that the most endangered and least represented ecosystems in BC are prioritized for protection. Please write a letter to the public input process by January 31st - use the guide here.
Read moreHa-Shilth-Sa: Mowachaht/Muchalaht awarded $15 million to protect old growth and salmon
A project to protect a significant portion of Mowachaht/Muchalaht territory has been pledged $15-million from the federal government, fueling an initiative to save old growth and salmon populations in Nootka Sound over the next generation.
On Oct. 30 Canada’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change sent a letter to Eric Angel, project manager for the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation’s Salmon Parks initiative. This confirmed over $15 million in funding for the project, payable up to March 31, 2026.
Read moreCampbell River News Mirror: First Nation creating new Salmon Parks to protect fragile ecosystems
Over 650 square kilometres of forest, rivers, old growth and shoreline are in the process of being protected by the Mowachaht / Muchalaht First Nation on western Vancouver Island.
Read moreThe Importance of Recognizing Progress and Giving Thanks in Environmental Campaigns
The Importance of Recognizing Progress and Giving Thanks in Environmental Campaigns
An essay by Ken Wu
Executive Director, Endangered Ecosystems Alliance
Read moreNational Observer: The U.S. is banning old-growth logging. Why can’t we? (national Observer)
The U.S. has pledged to ban old-growth logging, but protecting Canada's ancient forests won't be as simple, stakeholders say.
Read moreBiodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework - Public Input Guide
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework - Public Input Guide
The following info will help you write your own submission to the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework public input process, which is due by January 31st, 2024. Send your submission in your own words to the
Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship (Ministry of WLRS): biodiversity.ecosystemhealth@gov.bc.ca
Read moreSEND a MESSAGE: Protect BC's Old-Growth Forests and Endangered Ecosystems - "Ecosystem-Based Targets" are Vital!
To protect BC's diverse ecosystems, BC needs "Ecosystem-Based Targets" that are sufficiently refined and stringent to guide the forthcoming expansion of its protected areas system.
Speak up directly through the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework process by writing your own feedback at biodiversity.ecosystemhealth@gov.bc.ca by January 31st, 2024 and SEND a MESSAGE!
Read moreThe Narwhal (Opinion): Is B.C. finally getting real about protecting nature? (The Narwhal)
A historic turning point in how the province prioritizes conservation over industry profits also shows Indigenous Rights and protecting biodiversity go hand-in-hand
Read moreGlobe and Mail: ‘Salmon parks’ in traditional First Nations territory aim to save habitats by stopping old-growth logging
New plan from the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation, aided by the B.C. and federal governments, signals a shift in Indigenous-led conservation across the province
Backed by a $15.2-million commitment from the federal government, a First Nations community on the west coast of Vancouver Island intends to buy out forestry tenures to stop old-growth logging in selected watersheds around Nootka Sound.
Read moreGlobal TV: Draft policy could be a game-changer for B.C. old-growth protection, conservationist says
This draft policy is being described as a "game changer" in efforts to protect B.C.'s old growth forests. As Paul Johnson reports, conservationists are welcoming a draft plan from the provincial government that would not only consider the economic but also the ecological value of our forests.
Read moreCBC - BC'S Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework, Conservation Financing and Old-Growth Forests with Ken Wu- On the Island with Gregor Craigie
Today's CBC Interview with the Endangered Ecosystems Alliance’s (Note: Not the Ancient Forest Alliance) executive director Ken Wu on the newly announced Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework, the potential ecosystem-based protection targets that it may usher in, and how it relates to the new conservation financing funds in BC worth over $1 billion…and what it all means for old-growth forests.
Read more‘Potential paradigm shift’: Activists are hopeful for BC’s new environmental protections (Victoria Buzz)
BC’s government is trying to implement further steps to protect and preserve the province’s at-risk environment through a new biodiversity and ecosystem health framework (BEHF).
Right now the BEHF is just a draft proposal, but Nathan Cullen, the Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship, is hopeful that it will become legislation and allow for the preservation of BC’s well-known natural landscapes.
Read moreMedia Release: BC Opens the Door for a Potential Paradigm Shift in Conservation: Prioritizing the Most Endangered Ecosystems via Ecosystem-Based Targets
If done right, conservationists say the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework (BEHF) could ensure the protection of the most endangered and least protected ecosystems, such as big-treed old-growth forests (“high productivity” old-growth forests with the classic forest giants) and diverse valley bottom and low elevation ecosystems - rather than the status quo of primarily protecting areas of low timber values (alpine, subalpine, bog). Conservationists commend the vision in the draft framework for being a potentially revolutionary game-changer in conservation - the devil will be in the details when the framework is completed in the spring.
Read moreEarly November 2023 BC Old-growth and Protected Area Policies Update
See 3 small update videos on where BC old-growth and protected area policies are at as of early November 2023
$1billion for BC Conservation! Next steps…. BC Old Growth Policy Overview
$1 Billion BC Nature Agreement must be guided by Ecosystem-Based Targets!
Year End Grassroots Fundraising Goal!
Hello friends, please help us reach our Year End fundraising goal of raising $100,000 (tax receipts provided, and donations of securities also accepted).
We have just landed a $1.1 billion BC-federal protected areas funding agreement, the BC Nature Agreement, after years of intense campaign work emphasizing the centrality of conservation financing to support First Nations protected areas initiatives! We continue to work to close the loopholes in BC old-growth and protected areas policies, including by ensuring ecosystem-based protection targets, protected areas standards and integrity, funding for Indigenous old-growth deferrals, and other key policies to save the most endangered and least protected ecosystems.
Read moreA billion dollars for nature in B.C. as long-awaited agreement is signed (The Narwhal)
The tripartite nature agreement comes with new and old funding to protect old-growth forests, species at risk
Federal, provincial and First Nations leaders gathered against the backdrop of Burrard Inlet Friday to announce a long-awaited nature agreement that promises further protections for old-growth forests and at-risk species.
Read moreBillion Dollar Nature Agreement Announced will Supercharge Protected Areas Expansion in BC!
Conservationists thanked the BC and federal governments for the $1.1 billion launch of the BC Nature Agreement. The federal government has provided $500 million and BC is providing $563 million from diverse funding sources - now purposed towards achieving BC’s 30% by 2030 nature protection, conservation, and restoration goals via First Nations conservation agreements.
The Endangered Ecosystems Alliance (EEA) and Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) are greatly applauding the BC and federal governments and the First Nations Leadership Council for launching the BC Nature Agreement, with $1.1 billion in funding to start, to help achieve BC’s minimum protected areas target of protecting 30% by 2030 of its land area. The tripartite agreement, negotiated between the BC government, federal government, and the First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC), comes with a $563 contribution from the province and a $500 million federal contribution. The fund will continue to grow with major contributions from the philanthropic community and potentially from future government budgets over time.