https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-clayoquot-sound-2024-protections/
"The forests of Clayoquot Sound became world famous as the battlegrounds of the
decades-long “war in the woods” — and now, a vast swath of the rich old-growth
trees are permanently protected.
In June, Ahousaht and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations and the B.C. government
announced 760 square kilometres of old-growth forests in the ecologically rich
region on Vancouver Island are now safeguarded in ten new conservancies.
In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, First Nations and non-Indigenous advocates
joined forces to blockade industrial logging in Clayoquot Sound, home to trees
about a thousand years old. The blockades culminated in the 1993 arrests of
more than 850 people, drew support from thousands of activists and garnered
global media attention.
The new conservancies, to be managed by Ahousaht and Tla-o-qui-aht First
Nations, will nearly double how much old growth is protected in Clayoquot Sound
to a total 1,639 square kilometres, or about 62 per cent of the area. New
protections include parts of Meares Island near Tofino, where Tla-o-qui-aht
First Nation declared a tribal park on part of the island in 1984.
“For 40 years, there’s been rent being paid on the tree farm licences that are
on Meares Island. Every year, it still remained under threat of deforestation.
Now, the first phase of protecting portions of Meares Island is done,” Saya
Masso, Tla-o-qui-aht natural resources manager, said in an interview.
“That’s 40 years of trying to get our rights implemented. … It’s a monumental
occasion.”"
Via
Reasons to be Cheerful:
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https://reasonstobecheerful.world/what-were-reading-california-clean-energy-old-growth-forests/>
Cheers,
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