by German Ocampo | Nov 28, 2021 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, Climate Action Now, General News
Adapted from an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from 200 environmental and social justice groups, including Friends of Clayoquot Sound. The recent election underscored many issues of critical importance to people in Canada, including the urgency of...
by German Ocampo | Jul 21, 2021 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, Climate Action Now, General News
Friends of Clayoquot Sound organized a rally to build and hold space in solidarity with forest defenders across Vancouver Island and around the world. To date, 1,188 Rainforest Flying Squad forest defenders have been arrested at the Fairy Creek Blockade protecting the...
by German Ocampo | Jun 20, 2021 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, Climate Action Now, First Nations, Indigenous Solidarity
The Government of Canada has committed to conserving 25% of lands and 25% of oceans in Canada by 2025. In the 2021 Federal Budget, Canada committed $2.3 billion to conserve up to 1 million square kilometers more land and inland waters — including through...
by German Ocampo | Jun 20, 2021 | Ancient Rainforest Protection
What started as a fight to protect the Fairy Creek headwaters has expanded into a fight to protect the last 2.7% of old growth, with numerous active, mobile blockades preventing logging. By mid-June, with more than 200 people arrested within BC Premier Horgan’s own...
by German Ocampo | Jun 20, 2021 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, First Nations, Indigenous Solidarity
In the weeks before the BC Government’s announcement, Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones released an official letter of invitation to Indigenous and non-Indigenous forest defenders to unite on his territory to defend the ancestral rainforests of his family — the...
by German Ocampo | Jun 20, 2021 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, First Nations, General News, Indigenous Solidarity
Last fall, prior to the election, the BC Government announced logging would be deferred [paused] for over 350,000 hectares of forests provincially, including 260,000 hectares in Clayoquot Sound. The logging deferral, a first in colonial history, signaled that the BC...
