We are aiming to raise $200,000 as part of our year-end fundraising drive between September 1st to December 31st this year, so we can continue to expand our impact via major outreach to key parties and stakeholders, news and social media engagement campaigns to reach millions of Canadians, the development of our mini-documentary Amazing Ecosystems of Canada series, the coordination of the BC Old-Growth Solutions Initiative, and much more.
Read moreKanaka Bar Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA) Supported by the Endangered Ecosystems Alliance - News Article (Black Press)
Read a new article about the amazing 35,000 hectare Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA), which will protect 12,500 hectares of some of the rarest and least represented old-growth forests in BC, planned by the Kanaka Bar Band (a Nlaka'pamux First Nation) in the Fraser Canyon near Lytton.
The Nature-Based Solutions Foundation (NBSF), Endangered Ecosystems Alliance (EEA), and Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) have been supporting this initiative as part of our Old-Growth Solutions Initiative to help protect old-growth forests across BC.
Read moreKanaka Bar Indian Band to Protect Unique Old-Growth Forests and Endangered Ecosystems in Proposed T'eqt'aqtn Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area
Over 12,500 hectares of some of BC’s most endangered and diverse old-growth forests will be protected in in the territory of the Kanaka Bar Band, a Nlaka'pamux First Nation in the Fraser Canyon near Lytton, when a major new Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA) is finalized. The Kanaka Bar Band announced their vision today to protect a total of about 35,000 hectares of their unceded lands in British Columbia in this IPCA.
Read moreEarth Day observations: On Hope, Positive Solutions and Branching Out
I’m writing this piece on Earth Day, with a belief that going forward in 2022 – with much of the world in the throes of a seemingly never-ending pandemic, expanding climate chaos, and now the potential prospects of World War 3 – that there is big appetite for hope and positive solutions. Plus, I believe this is the best approach in general.
Read moreToronto Star: Mosaic defers logging of old-growth on Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii
British Columbia’s largest private landowner, Mosaic Forest Management, is halting logging in nearly 100,000 acres of old-growth forest for the next 25 years.
The forestry company announced the deferral on March 16 and said it’s transitioning to a carbon credit program, which is expected to generate several hundred million dollars in revenue.
Read more1.05 Million Hectares of the Most At-Risk Old-Growth Forests in B.C. Now Under Logging Deferrals
Today a big step towards saving old-growth forests in BC was announced - with a significant way yet to go. An area about the size of Jasper National Park, about 1.05 million hectares of the priority, unprotected, most at-risk old-growth forests (the grandest, oldest and rarest stands), have now been placed under deferral from logging - with First Nations and the province having added 480,000 hectares recently, announced today.
Read moreCTV Vancouver Island: B.C. defers logging in additional 1.7 million hectares of at-risk old growth
British Columbia's forests minister says the province has worked with First Nations to defer logging across more than a million hectares of at-risk old-growth forests, an area greater than 4,100 Stanley Parks.
Read moreVancouver Sun: Environmental group gives guarded support for company's B.C. old-growth forest plan
Mosaic Forest Management, which oversees the private lands of logging companies TimberWest and Island Timberlands, announced the deferral last week along with intentions to finance the plan through a carbon credit program that is expected to raise several hundred million dollars by 2047.
Read moreMedia Release: Major Old-Growth Logging Deferrals on Mosaic's Private Lands on Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii
The largest private landowner in British Columbia, Mosaic Forest Management, is moving to defer 40,000 hectares (400 square kilometers) of old-growth and older second-growth stands from logging on their private lands for the next 25 years, via a carbon credit program. The lands are mainly located on southeastern Vancouver Island, with a few scattered stands on other parts of Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii.
Read moreIt's International Day of Forests!
Today (March 21st) is International Day of Forests!
On this day it is worth taking an overview of some progress in forest conservation, driven by millions of concerned citizens who have spoken up - including tens of thousands of Endangered Ecosystems Alliance (EEA) supporters! And by recognizing progress when it happens, it fuels everyone to keep going, to ensure more progress - because what we all do makes a difference!
Read moreGood News for Old-Growth in BC's Provincial Budget - A Step Forward
For those of you concerned about the fate of old-growth forests in BC:
Yesterday, for the first time the BC government dedicated a significant sum in the provincial budget - $185 million over 3 years - to help protect old-growth forests in BC!
The National Observer: Conservation cash vital to securing B.C.’s old-growth deferrals
A new conservation foundation is working to provide Indigenous and other land-based communities with funds to protect endangered ecosystems and build economic alternatives to the logging of at-risk old-growth forests.
It’s unjust and impractical to expect communities that rely on revenue from activities such as forestry, ranching or resource extraction to bear the financial burden of shifting their local economy on their own to protect areas for the benefit of all, said Ken Wu, chair of the recently established Nature-Based Solutions Foundation (NBSF).
Case in point is the current old-growth deferral process underway in B.C., where the provincial government has asked First Nations to consider putting logging on hold in at-risk old-growth forests but hasn’t offered any compensation to do so, said Wu, also executive director of the Endangered Ecosystems Alliance.
Rochelle Baker, The National Observer, Jan 13th, 2022
Read moreRecent Progress and Opportunities for Nature Protection in Canada – there is Hope!
The Endangered Ecosystems Alliance team - Left: Ken Wu (Executive Director) by an old-growth Ponderosa pine in the proposed South Okanagan National Park Reserve. Top Right: Celina Starnes (Outreach and Operations Director) by the Alberta badlands along the Red Deer River. Bottom Right: Nick Davis (Administrative Coordinator) in the Carolinian forest of the Rouge Valley Urban National Park.
There’s no doubt that these last couple of years have been particularly tough for most people - not only of course due to the pandemic, but also because of the ever-expanding environmental crisis partly experienced via extreme weather events, and compounded by pervasive anti-science and alternative-facts movement divorced from reality among certain segments of society .
But in this article instead of shoveling more unhappy dung your way for the New Year, I want to focus on some recent good news and progress with nature protection in Canada and some opportunities for further progress in 2022.
Read moreEEA's Grassroots Fundraising Targets for the 2021 Holiday Season/Year End
Our goal is to raise $60,000 by the end of 2021
Can you help us? As a young organization (founded just 3 years ago, in late 2018) but with major experience, dedication and influence far beyond our size, we need the resources to grow the most powerful campaigns to protect endangered ecosystems across Canada, from temperate rainforests to grasslands, from southern deciduous forests to northern boreal forests!
Read moreRiverdale star fundraising for B.C. environmental groups with sale of his photo prints
The actor who plays Jughead Jones in the Archie Comics’ spin-off show Riverdale is selling prints of his own nature photography to fundraise for two B.C. environmental organizations.
By Victoria News Staff, originally published Dec 1
Read moreThe Ricochet: ‘A calculated strategy:’ B.C. logging deferral fails to protect old-growth, say critics
Photo: Province of British Columbia
Temporary deferral of logging in some B.C. forests leaves First Nations stranded, and may be too little, too late for the province’s ancient ecosystems
by Chen Zhou, originally published November 7, 2021.
Read moreMedia Release: Over 100 BC Businesses Call on BC Government to Expand and Fund the Creation of New Protected Areas
To date, 113 businesses - 104 based in BC - have signed a resolution calling on the BC government to help avert the extinction and climate crises and to benefit our health and the BC economy, by committing to at least meet Canada’s national and international protected areas targets (protecting 25% by 2025 and 30% by 2030 of Canada’s land and marine areas). This includes protecting BC’s old-growth forests, and providing the necessary funding to do so.
See the resolution and signatories here
Read moreMedia Release: Significant Progress Towards Old-Growth Protection - Critical Funding Missing Still
Significant Progress to Protect Old-Growth Forests in BC, with Critical Funding Still Missing: “Building an Amazing Car without an Engine” – for now
BC Government Accepts Science-Based Old-Growth Mapping and Enacts Major Old-Growth Logging Deferrals in BC Timber Sales Areas (about 20% of remaining old-growth) – Vital Funding for Indigenous old-growth logging deferrals and protection sorely needed.
Read moreThe Narwhal: Canada underestimating 80 megatonnes of emissions from boreal logging: report
New research finds that by overcounting the carbon storage of intact forests the undercounting emissions from logging, the Government of Canada is vastly underrporeting the climate impacts of clearcutting in one of the country’s greatest carbon sinks.
by Stephanie Wood
Read moreSEND a MESSAGE: The BC Government Must Protect Endangered Old-Growth Forests - and dedicate the key Funding to Do So ASAP!
Here’s our action page, updated Oct 14, to ensure that the BC government funds the protection of old-growth forests in BC.
To finally Protect Old-Growth Forests in BC, Funding from the Provincial and Federal governments is vital to support Indigenous Protected Areas and First Nations Land Use Plans that protect Old-Growth Forests, as well as a Land Acquisition Fund to purchase and protect Old-Growth Forests on Private Lands
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