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Major progress has been made toward our goals over the past few years; however, as we approach a critical provincial election this fall, there is a very real threat that these gains won’t reach far enough or could even be undone.

BC Conservative Leader John Rustad, whose party has been riding high in the polls, recently stated that his party would “absolutely axe” the protected areas expansion now taking place under the current BC NDP government.

Over the past few years, the BC NDP has committed to essentially doubling the protected areas in BC by 2030 (an additional area of roughly 14 million hectares or about four times the size of Vancouver Island). Additionally, it brought in over $1.2 billion in federal-provincial funding to make this protected areas expansion happen and is now in discussions with many First Nations to establish Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) that will protect millions of hectares of land across BC, including in endangered old-growth forests. This could all be scrapped if Rustad becomes the leader of BC after the election in October and follows through with his plans to axe this progress.

Your donations will help us continue pressuring the BC NDP government to ensure they follow through with their existing promises and commit to providing much-needed old-growth deferral funding and implementing ecosystem-based targets while also raising awareness about the existential threat that the BC Conservatives’ platform poses to old-growth forests and the environment at large across BC.

Now is the time to ensure our movement generates the greatest strength! Don’t miss this chance to double your impact this month!