Concerns raised about continued logging of BC old-growth forests

environment · 2021-2026 · British Columbia old-growth forests

Reports and experts have highlighted that despite government promises to protect old-growth forests in BC, significant areas have been logged, including zones recommended for deferral. The Special Tree Protection Regulation has been criticized for allowing logging of many large trees that do not meet the size threshold for protection.

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• “Many of the remaining old-growth forests in BC continue to be logged – even though the provincial government promised to “protect” them...In four years, around 113,000 football fields worth of old-growth deferral zones were logged...The Special Tree Protection Regulation...Trees above a certain size are protected from logging. But...none of the few remaining giants...were big enough to qualify for provincial protection.” — The Islands Grapevine – April 9th, 2026 (April 9th, 2026)

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