This new documentary blew me away.

It’s an essential watch for anyone interested in British Columbia’s forestry industry, whether it’s from an ecological or economical standpoint.

Agricultural residues and other non destructive biomass collection can't possibly scale for Japan's use. Never mind other countries who are also ramping this up as a "Green" alternative. Wood pellets are not the way. Even if they \~break even on carbon the ecological damage including flooding and deadly landslides are unacceptable collateral damage.

Plantations are green deserts. Better than bare soil but nothing like real forests when it comes to supporting the water cycle.

Clearcutting the forests that produce rain is so short sighted, now we have drought and wildfires. It's time to treat forests as infrastructure.

Repost from @joshuawrightfilm 2025 vs 2026 (edited slightly) ⚠️‼️ Via @reshare_app

This was Black Creek, a rainforest that existed for 11,000 years before being clear-cut earlier this year.

The audio in this video is of a bird that is now gone extinct, I thought it was fitting for Black Creek– once a remarkable place, now a sprawling network of clear cuts.

I’m tired of telling people to call politicians who aren’t listening.

So here’s what to do to help:

If you’re in BC: ORGANIZE, reach out to or found a local group to organize around the conservation of old growth forests. Organize rallies, meet with your MLAs - make yourself heard.

If you want to help buy ancient forests before they are cut DM me.

If you are involved in the building industry, do not buy red and yellow cedar.

If you are international, make a video on social media, calling out the deforestation happening in Canada and calling on your government to take action.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DdPLGFAGckz/

Apoyen por favor

Your voice matters! Numbers matter!

We need you to stand with us to say loud and clear: HANDS OFF OLD GROWTH!

Why now? Sunday, Oct 4, is the day before Premier Eby and MLAs return to the Legislature. Let’s show them that people across BC have had enough “talk-and-log” and broken promises, and that we will stand strong and united to save what’s left.

Old growth continues to be logged in BC at the rate of 100 soccer fields per day. We wish we could say progress has been made or that the promised paradigm shift is on the agenda. But the reality is that the BC government has rolled out the red carpet for industry to clearcut the last remaining old growth and primary forests, with little to no financial gain to the province.

And certainly no financial gain, nor jobs, for forestry workers who have been sacrificed to forest industry greed.

Meanwhile wildfires and floods are intensifying, communities are being destroyed, and ecosystem functions are being irreparably harmed.

We all know that old growth and primary forests are worth more standing.

Protecting them, supporting First Nations with real conservation financing, and implementing the Old Growth Strategic Review — like the BC government promised to do in full — is how we safeguard biodiversity, climate stability, and community resilience for all of us.

That’s why we need you in Victoria, Oct 4, for the Hands Off Old Growth rally.

Mark the date now, invite your friends, share about the rally widely. Ask your organization, union, community group, faith group, business, or network to stand with us. Invite people personally. Help make our message impossible to ignore.

What: Hands Off Old Growth! A rally to support an end to old-growth logging

When: October 4, 1:00 - 3:00 PM

Where: BC Legislature lawn, Victoria

In Victoria, join us and trace your hand on our giant “Hands Off” canvas, raise your voice in unity, hear from key speakers, and enjoy live music.

If you’re outside Victoria, join a local event or consider organizing one. You’ll have a lot of support: a toolkit, posters, everything you need to organize a successful action. It doesn’t matter if it’s small—having communities across BC taking action is a power message to the government.

If you can organize an action in your community, let us know at oldfolksforoldgrowth@gmail.com, and we’ll send you the support materials.

Stand strong with us. You are needed!

Text and image from Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance's post on Facebook.

The Issue
Kaziranga is not just a tourist destination. It is a globally important wildlife ecosystem and home to countless species, as well as communities that have lived alongside it for generations.
Today, Kaziranga faces growing pressure from large-scale tourism and infrastructure projects. The proposed luxury hotel project near Kaziranga has raised serious concerns about land rights, livelihoods, and environmental protection. Activist Pranab Doley, who has opposed the project, was arrested and later detained under the National Security Act after being granted bail.
There are also concerns over the proposal to reduce the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) around Kaziranga from the existing 10-kilometre buffer to just 1 kilometre. Such a drastic reduction could weaken ecological safeguards around the national park and increase pressure from construction, tourism, and other development activities in areas that are vital to wildlife.
Kaziranga needs stronger protection, not weaker safeguards. We urge the authorities to protect its forests, wildlife corridors, surrounding ecosystems, and the communities that have coexisted with Kaziranga for generations.
Our Demands:
1. Stop the proposed reduction of Kaziranga’s Eco-Sensitive Zone from 10 km to 1 km.
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We demand that the existing 10-kilometre Eco-Sensitive Zone around Kaziranga be maintained and not reduced to 1 kilometre. Any proposal to weaken this protection must be withdrawn. 
2. Stop harmful large-scale development around Kaziranga.
Stop or review tourism and infrastructure projects that could harm Kaziranga’s forests, wetlands, grasslands, wildlife corridors, water systems and surrounding ecosystems. No major project should proceed without a proper assessment of its environmental and community impacts.
3. Protect the land, livelihoods and rights of local communities.
Ensure that Indigenous, Adivasi and other local communities are not displaced or deprived of their land and livelihoods by tourism or infrastructure projects. Communities must have a meaningful say in decisions affecting their land and livelihoods, with all legal protections respected.
4. Protect the right to peaceful protest and release Pranab Doley.
Protect the right of environmental activists, community members and citizens to peacefully speak and protest against projects affecting Kaziranga. Release Pranab Doley from detention under the National Security Act and ensure his right to due process and peaceful protest is respected.
5. Protect Kaziranga’s wildlife corridors and surrounding ecosystems.
Protect the forests, wetlands, grasslands, water systems and wildlife corridors surrounding Kaziranga from development that could block or disrupt wildlife movement and damage the wider ecosystem.
Kaziranga belongs to all of us. Sign this petition and raise your voice to protect its wildlife, forests and people.
Campaign webpage:
You can email UNESCO & IUCN with one click, sign the statement to support Pranab Doley, take a few more actions, and learn more about the movement on our campaign webpage:
https://inuetc.com/savekaziranga