Five former members of British Columbias old-growth advisory panel accuse the province of failing to protect high-risk forests, despite their recommendations for temporary logging deferrals. The panel, consisting of ecologists Rachel Holt, Karen Price, Dave Daust, Garry Merkel, and Lisa Matthaus, claim that the government continues to approve logging in the two million hectares of vulnerable old growth they mapped in November 2021. The panel warns that this could lead to ecosystem extinction, with severe consequences for First Nations communities who lack funding for conservation alternatives. Forests Minister Ravi Parmar plans to review the panels concerns, while regional forest planning is ongoing, with proposed cut blocks still overlapping with the panels priority maps.
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