Ancient Forest Alliance

The Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) is a registered non-profit organization working to protect BC’s endangered old-growth forests and to ensure a sustainable, value-added, second-growth forest industry. Founded by Ken Wu and TJ Watt in February 2010, the organization has quickly grown into British Columbia’s main organization working toward province-wide legislation to end the logging of endangered old-growth forests.

Activities:

• Explores and documents endangered ancient forests, record-sized heritage trees, and areas impacted by old-growth logging with professional photos and videos.
• Educates the public through the news media, social media, our own publications, and through direct interaction at events, booths, and door to door.
• Engages with and supports diverse First Nations communities within BC to develop old-growth conservation initiatives and land use plans that sustain their cultures and ancient forests.
• Focuses on outreach with non-traditional allies to expand and broaden the conservation spectrum, including with businesses, unions, forestry workers, scientists, faith groups, and diverse cultural groups.
• Undertakes research and develops solutions for policy makers.
• Organizes public forums, slideshows, rallies, protests, hikes, campouts, petition drives, and letter-writing campaigns to build widespread grassroots support.
• Works with other like-minded conservation organizations to coordinate and strengthen our impact.
• Empowers, trains, and supports local activists to build campaigns in their own communities.
• Engages key government decision-makers, civil servants, and politicians/ political parties regarding BC forest policies.