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Global awareness about clearcut logging in British Columbia's ancient rainforests increases.

1995

The Great Bear Rainforest Campaign is launched to protect one-quarter of the remaining coastal temperate rainforest left on earth.

1999
Two of the largest wood products retailers announced they would phase out products made from ancient and endangered forests. German pulp producers and magazine publishing associations support logging deferrals in B.C.’s coastal rainforest and urge companies, the Province and environmentalists to find a shared solution. Other companies quickly followed suit. Hundreds of millions of dollars of B.C. wood sales were at stake. This led to agreements to defer logging in100 large pristine valleys and an agreement by environmental groups to suspend market campaigns while planning was underway.

2001

Environmental groups, First Nations, industry and the B.C. government agree to do things differently. Ecosystem-Based Management (EB M) is pursued as a way to guide land use in the region, informed by a newly created independent science team. All agree communities will not bear the brunt of change. ForestEthics, Greenpeace, Sierra Club sign a protocol with some First Nations on a pilot project to define what the new approach to land use and a new economy could look like.

2002

Major paper purchasers in several sectors develop eco procurement policies.

2004

Government-to-government discussions begin between First Nations governments and the B.C. government. These talks are informed by the stakeholder consensus package and First

Nations land use plans and will result in final decisions about the fate of the region.

2006

February

The B.C. government and First Nations announce they will protect close to 2 million hectares (5 million acres) of coastal

rainforest and apply a new forest management system called Ecosystem-Based Management in the remainder of the Great Bear Rainforest and will implement it by March 31, 2009.

2007
January

A $120 million fund is raised for conservation management and economic diversification for First Nations in the Great Bear Rainforest.

2008

January

First changes to forest management practices are brought into law across the Great

Bear Rainforest. This new legal requirement signals an initial step towards fulfilling the commitment to EB M.

June
The B.C. government legislates 46 of the remaining new conservancy areas in the Great Bear Rainforest. Together with 65 conservancies established in previous years, the total amount of protected areas in the Central and North coast is 1.8 million hectares.

photos: Adrian Dorst (banner), Globe and Mail (centre)

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