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Members of the Nuchatlaht First Nation in British Columbia have travelled to Vancouver to mark the start of a lawsuit that asks the court to recognize the nation's rights and title and put a stop to logging on the land they are claiming.

Five big timber companies hold the future of nearly half of British Columbia’s at-risk old-growth forests in their hands, according to a new report.

A U.K. company with a growing monopoly over British Columbia’s wood pellet industry must be forced to divest some of its holdings to protect the province’s forests and the jobs of forest industry workers, a coalition of unions and environmental and public policy groups say.

On Feb. 15, the 21-year-old history student at Simon Fraser University is to be sentenced for his alleged obstruction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.

The Rainforest Flying Squad — the grassroots coalition behind the Fairy Creek old-growth blockades — has broken down the last of its publicly accessible camps due to extreme winter conditions.

Under President Jair Bolsonaro, illegal miners, loggers and ranchers are invading and occupying ever-larger amounts of Indigenous territory. Brazil’s original inhabitants are increasingly opposing these incursions, leading to conflicts and a surge in killings of local activists.

The compounding effects of climate change and logging are contributing to the degradation of Pacific salmon habitat, experts say, adding a reassessment of watershed logging and restoration practices will be key to helping struggling fish populations.

We need to cut less and consider ecosystem values like carbon sequestration, water and biodiversity, not just the price a two-by-four will fetch on the market, says Suzanne Simard.

The 80-year-old parcel is relatively small — 60 acres or about 45 football fields. However, it’s some of the last standing forest in the area, which has seen ample clear-cuts. The trees are important habitat for species in the area, such as the wood turtle and the pine marten.

At least 50,000 hectares of the at-risk forest identified by the province for logging deferrals — an area four times the size of Vancouver — is already approved for logging, has approvals pending or may already be cut down, says the Wilderness Committee.

As more old-growth trees topple and forest industry jobs plummet, an obscure government subsidy scheme fuels the collapse.

Instead of pushing for climate action to protect the Amazon, Canada is moving ahead with a free trade agreement with Brazil that threatens to pour gasoline on the blaze, writes Brandon Wei. 

The North French River watershed, nine hours north of Toronto, sits on the traditional territory of the Moose Cree First Nation, which for decades has been striving to protect the area from further development.

Fairy Creek tells us clearly which definition of “sustainable forestry” is actually in use in B.C., writes Devon Page.

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has denied a forest company's application to extend an injunction against blockades by people opposed to the logging of old-growth trees in the Fairy Creek area of southern Vancouver Island.