BC Timber Sales Review Protects Destructive Status Quo Over Old-Growth Forests, Conservation Groups Condemn Latest Phase of BC NDP Government Policy Backsliding
Victoria, BC – The Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) and Endangered Ecosystems Alliance (EEA) are criticizing the BC Timber Sales (BCTS) review report, released September 23, for failing to recommend any measures to protect old-growth forests. In the latest example of the BC NDP’s continual backsliding on old-growth policy progress since re-election, the report outlines an expanded timber extraction agenda that conservationists warn is unsustainable and accelerates the loss of irreplaceable ecosystems.
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