Efforts to Protect Temperate Rainforests

With recent restrictions on logging in some publicly owned forests in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S., the pressure on forests in Canada’s British Columbia (B.C.) is increasing. A broad array of environmental groups is increasingly vocal about the fate of B.C.’s temperate rainforests, and coalitions are forming to step up the pressure on logging companies and on users of the wood fiber.

The Canadian Rainforest Network was formed in March 1996, after several days of workshops on the topic. The Network has about twenty different groups as members. Its goals include: