Old-growth logging protesters have gotten back to blocking traffic in Nanaimo and other cities in hopes of bringing attention to their demands.
Protesters from Extinction Rebellion blocked traffic at the intersection of Nicol and Milton streets on Monday, April 4, starting at about 11 a.m.
“Urgently saving our old-growth forests as carbon sinks in perpetuity is critical to acting responsibly during the global climate and biodiversity emergency,” said Vic Brice, spokesperson for Save Old Growth Nanaimo, in a press release.
The campaign asks for an immediate end to all old-growth logging in B.C. and the release said there has been “no action or statement from the government.”
The B.C. Ministry of Forests issued a news release on Friday, April 1, providing an update on old-growth logging deferrals. The province says deferrals have now been implemented on nearly 1.7 million hectares of old-growth, “including approximately 1.05 million hectares of B.C.’s forests most at risk of irreversible loss.”
The ministry said in the release that it is continuing to engage with First Nations to come to agreements regarding deferring harvest of old-growth forests.
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