by German Ocampo | Jun 20, 2022 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, Campaigns, Clayoquot Mining Ban, Climate Action Now, Defend Wild Salmon, First Nations, General News, Indigenous Solidarity, Newsletter
The FOCS Summer 2022 Newsletter is here shedding light on the major issues in Clayoquot Sound and beyond as well as getting a glimpse of the work we have been doing over the last several months, including updates on our campaigns. Articles featured in this Newsletter...
by Erin DeWolfe | Apr 22, 2022 | Campaigns, Clayoquot Mining Ban, First Nations, Indigenous Solidarity
Since time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples, including the Stó:lō, Syilx and Nlaka’pamux First Nations, as well as the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Upper Skagit Tribe and Sauk Suiattle Tribe, have depended upon the pristine ecosystem and diversity of wild salmon...
by Erin DeWolfe | Mar 9, 2022 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, Campaigns, First Nations, Indigenous Solidarity
In 2021, the Protect Ada’itsx / Fairy Creek Blockades surpassed the arrest record previously held by the Clayoquot Blockades for Canada’s largest act of civil disobedience to protect old growth forests. #PROTECTWHATYOULOVE #MAYTHEFORESTBEWITHYOU Photo...
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 | First Nations, General News, Indigenous Solidarity
We are all hurting from the shooting of a Tla-o-qui-aht mother by the RCMP who survived in a coma on the Mothers’ Day weekend. This was the third shooting by the RCMP of Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation members in the last year — including Chantel Moore and Julian...
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...
