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Ms. Que Banh<p>In late June, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GovernmentOfCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentOfCanada</span></a> announced that they’ve helped non-profit foundations &amp; trusts buy 8 parcels of land from private owners for <a href="https://beige.party/tags/OldGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldGrowth</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservation</span></a>, largely on and around <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a>.</p><p>However, all but one of the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a> included in this purchase announcement do not contain old-growth <a href="https://beige.party/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a>, defined by the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCgovernment</span></a> as 250-year-old <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CoastalForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoastalForests</span></a> &amp; 140-year-old forests in parts of the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCInterior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCInterior</span></a>. Instead, 7 of 8 purchased properties contain what’s called “recruitment” old-growth — that is, forests that have been <a href="https://beige.party/tags/logged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logged</span></a>.</p><p>Photos taken by members of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> organization <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AncientForestAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientForestAlliance</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AFA</span></a> earlier this month show massive old-growth trees being logged by <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCTimberSales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCTimberSales</span></a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNDP</span></a>’s own <a href="https://beige.party/tags/logging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logging</span></a> agency, in the Nahmint Valley on Vancouver Island. Some of these trees are more than 500 yrs old, according to the organization.</p><p><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/07/18/news/latest-old-growth-conservation-announcement-mostly-not-about-old-growth" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nationalobserver.com/2024/07/1</span><span class="invisible">8/news/latest-old-growth-conservation-announcement-mostly-not-about-old-growth</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deforestation</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/clearcuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clearcuts</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VanIsle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/EcoJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcoJustice</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ecological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecological</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cascadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cascadia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SaveOldGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOldGrowth</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AncientForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientForests</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GreedKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreedKills</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopDeforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopDeforestation</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopEcocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopEcocide</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TreesAreEarthsLungs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TreesAreEarthsLungs</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/OldGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldGrowth</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activists</span></a> have taken before and after photos of a large area of an <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AncientGrove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientGrove</span></a> that was <a href="https://beige.party/tags/clearcut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clearcut</span></a> on <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> near <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PortAlberni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PortAlberni</span></a> in the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NahmintValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NahmintValley</span></a>. </p><p>The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AncientForestAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientForestAlliance</span></a> says that many of the massive <a href="https://beige.party/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a> that were cut down were over 500 years old, some being up to nine feet across. </p><p>Now that the grove has been cut, they are urging the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCgovernment</span></a> to immediately correct misidentified <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AtRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtRisk</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/OldGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldGrowth</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a> that could be eligible for <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LoggingDeferrals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingDeferrals</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2024/07/old-growth-carnage-activists-concerned-over-clear-cut-forest-near-port-alberni-photos/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">victoriabuzz.com/2024/07/old-g</span><span class="invisible">rowth-carnage-activists-concerned-over-clear-cut-forest-near-port-alberni-photos/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopDeforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopDeforestation</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PortAlberni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PortAlberni</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopEcocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopEcocide</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SaveTheForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheForests</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopEcocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopEcocide</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SaveOldGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOldGrowth</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AncientForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientForests</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BanClearcuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanClearcuts</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PauseTheSaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PauseTheSaws</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNewDeathParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNewDeathParty</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AbolishIndustryLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishIndustryLobbyists</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CarbonSinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonSinks</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environmental</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WildFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildFirst</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ProtectNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectNature</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ecological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecological</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystem</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GreedKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreedKills</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VanIsle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TreesOverGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TreesOverGreed</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TreesAreEarthsLungs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TreesAreEarthsLungs</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNDP</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/EbyTheEnabler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EbyTheEnabler</span></a></p>