BC Provisional Government declared harvest deferrals on 1.7 million hectares of timberland to protect wildlife habitat, at-risk species

80% of old-growth forests are at risk of irreversible loss and are not presently threatened by logging.
The B.C. government received responses from 188 out of the 204 First Nations in the province in which the Eleven First Nations have either no old-growth or no commercial forestry in their territory and the province will reach out to the five remaining First Nations that have not responded.
75 First Nations agreed to defer harvest of at-risk old growth in their territory while seven First Nations have opposed any deferrals proceeding in their territory, and more than 60 First Nations need more time to decide, including time to include local and Indigenous knowledge.
As a result of these engagements, deferrals have been implemented on 1.05 million hectares of B.C.’s most at-risk old growth, which are ancient, remnant, and priority large stands identified by the Old Growth Technical Advisory Panel, which includes areas where sales have been paused by BC Timber Sales while engagements with First Nations are ongoing.

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