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Canada's forests in peril

A series documenting the impact of a changing climate on Canada's forests and what people are doing to protect species at risk. Produced in part thanks to the generosity of Rudy North.

 

Great Bear Rainforest, Andy Wright, Greenpeace protests, B.C. rainforest, timber industry, B.C. forestry, coastal temperate rainforest, spirit bear
Great Bear Rainforest, Andy Wright, Greenpeace protests, B.C. rainforest, timber industry, B.C. forestry, coastal temperate rainforest, spirit bear
11 Articles

B.C. misses the mark with old growth update, critics contend

The province's progress report and latest action plan to reform forestry is a hollow effort with none of the needed steps, specific details, or deadlines urgently required to keep what little old growth remains from being cut down, say environmental groups.
Canada's forests in peril
By
  • Rochelle Baker
  • News
May 24th 2024

B.C. needs fire. Meet the man bringing it back

Skeetchestn fire keeper Joe Gilchrist is on a mission to make the regenerative burning practices his grandfather taught him commonplace. At stake is an important practice for culture, food security and the future of B.C.'s forests. 
Canada's forests in peril
By
  • Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
January 5th 2023

The spiritual qualities of ancient forests

Is it possible that we are adversely affected by the loss of species, the polluting of pristine watersheds and the elimination of wildlife habitat?
Opinion
  • Profile photo of Rob Miller
Canada's forests in peril
By
  • Rob Miller
  • Opinion
April 19th 2022

A warming climate is sending more tree-destroying pests north

According to Environment Canada, the overall economic impact of invasive species in Canada, including plants and living creatures, is staggering: about $7.5 billion annually.
Canada's forests in peril
By
  • Chloe Rose Stuart-Ulin
  • News
March 21st 2022

Wealthy cool it while others sizzle

Journalist Jesse Winter ventured out with a thermometer during a heat wave last summer. The temperature differences between wealthy and poor neighbourhoods were staggering.
Canada's forests in peril
By
  • Jesse Winter
  • News
March 7th 2022

A community faces wildfire — alone

The White Rock Lake wildfire hammered B.C.'s Paxton Valley last summer, levelling houses, destroying ranchland and killing cattle. But even after the worst of the fire had moved on, residents knew one nasty wind could whip up the flames again.
Canada's forests in peril
By
  • Jesse Winter
  • News
February 22nd 2022

Can Canada's forests survive climate change?

Ten thousand years ago, when the last ice age gave way to the Holocene, a great migration was triggered in North America: trees began travelling northward, colonizing newly thawed landscapes at a pace of up to 500 metres a year. In a geoclimatic blink of an eye, trees colonized 38 per cent of the landmass now known as Canada, ultimately giving us nearly a 10th of all the forest in the world.
Canada's forests in peril
By
  • Arno Kopecky
  • News
February 7th 2022

B.C.’s at-risk old growth still on the chopping block

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.
Canada's forests in peril
By
  • Rochelle Baker
  • News
  • Island Insider
December 3rd 2021

Three years after a landmark report, it’s logging as usual in Nova Scotia’s forests

Only five of 45 recommendations on how to improve forestry practices in the province have been implemented since the Lahey report came out in 2018.
Canada's forests in peril
By
  • Cloe Logan
  • News
December 3rd 2021

The great tree robbery

As more old-growth trees topple and forest industry jobs plummet, an obscure government subsidy scheme fuels the collapse.
Canada's forests in peril
By
  • Ben Parfitt
  • News
December 2nd 2021

One of Canada’s biggest carbon sinks is circling the drain

Canada's continent-spanning forest used to remove massive amounts of CO2 from the air each year. It was a hugely valuable "carbon sink", slowing the pace of climate change and benefiting our logging industry.
Canada's forests in peril
By
  • Barry Saxifrage
  • News
May 7th 2021

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