Future

Clearcut logging over a wide area is an ongoing threat to the Rainforest’s natural legacy. Widespread clearcutting has already destroyed 80 per cent of British Columbia’s large rainforest valleys. Every day, more endangered forests and ancient trees are cut down, destroying critical habitat for terrestrial species, such as deer, wolves and grizzly bears that rely on the forest for shelter and food.

The BC provincial government announces the Great Bear Agreement. The 10 years of work by Greenpeace means:

• 2 million hectares is permanently protected from logging
• Throughout the entire Great Bear Rainforest the application of a better, more light-touch way of doing forestry will be in place by 2009
• First Nations now have comprehensive involvement in management over their entire traditional territory
• The development of a new economy based on conservation is seeded with a provincial commitment of $30 million and $60 million from the environmental community. One step remains – a contribution of $30 million from the Government of Canada.