International Day Of Action For BC's Last Rainforest

British Columbia is known as the "Brazil of the North", because of the large areas of boreal and temperate rainforest within it, but also because of the rate the forest is being destroyed.

Multi-national timber companies Fletcher Challenge and Noranda are busy chewing up the forests for pulp and timber. 90% of the forest cleared is old-growth. Indeed, the scale of clearcutting is so large that British Columbia has one of only two human-made features to be seen from space. It's the world's largest clearcut.

Recent announcements by the state government have promised moratoria on logging in many areas including the Orca breeding grounds at Sitika sound. But not the entire Walbran Valley where blockades have been for the past year. On February 22nd, activists in Canada and the USA will be acting in Solidarity with the forests. An action has been organised for London. Contact: Peter at Lea Valley EF!