by dewolfe001 | Dec 18, 2020 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, Climate Action Now, Defend Wild Salmon, First Nations, General News, Indigenous Solidarity, Newsletter
The Friends of Clayoquot Sound 2021 Winter Newsletter is out with an in-depth look at the major issues in Clayoquot Sound and the work we have been doing over the last several months, including updates on our campaigns. Click the following link to read the 2021 Winter...
by German Ocampo | Jun 19, 2020 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, First Nations, Indigenous Solidarity
Old growth forests are non-renewable. This is why Friends of Clayoquot Sound, Greenpeace, Wilderness Committee, Sierra Club, and Stand (formerly Forest Ethics) formed the Clayoquot Sound Conservation Alliance (CSCA) in 2006 to support discussions with regional First...
by German Ocampo | Jun 19, 2020 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, Climate Action Now, General News
Did you know that around 60 per cent of all infectious diseases, and 75 per cent of all emerging infectious diseases, in humans are zoonotic – in other words they come to us via animals? Zoonotic diseases that emerged or re-emerged recently are Ebola, bird flu,...
by dewolfe001 | Jun 17, 2020 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, Campaigns, Clayoquot Mining Ban, Defend Wild Salmon, First Nations, General News, Newsletter
The summer 2020 edition of our twice-yearly newsletter is out, with articles including: #INDIGENOUSLIVESMATTER: Anti-Racism Movement Confronts Generations of Colonial Violence B.C. Fails Test of Indigenous Rights Law: Pipelines Pitted Against Indigenous Title...
by German Ocampo | Nov 18, 2019 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, FOCS in the Media, General News
Friends of Clayoquot Sound was established in Tofino in 1979 in response to the logging activity on nearby Meares Island. The small group of activists set their sights on protecting Clayoquot Sound’s ancient temperate rainforest as a globally rare ecosystem. In 1984,...
by German Ocampo | Nov 18, 2019 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, Climate Action Now, FOCS in the Media, General News
Post by Forests For Climate Coalition (40 groups including Friends of Clayoquot Sound) On September 24th, as part of the global week of Climate Strike actions, over a hundred citizens picketed the B.C. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change. This action received...
