Jens Wieting is Sierra Club BC’s Senior Forest and Climate Campaigner. He works for the protection of B.C.’s endangered rainforests and a stable climate. He is focusing on solutions to maintain the ecological integrity and the climate-stabilizing role of B.C.’s forests and speeding up the transition to zero emissions.
In the midst of the climate and species extinction emergencies, a growing number of concerned British Columbians are speaking out about the destruction of the province's old-growth temperate rainforest.
Clearcutting B.C.’s spectacular, globally rare old-growth forests was never a smart idea. Destroying the last of them in the midst of a climate and biodiversity emergency is extreme.