A new report on the B.C. government's progress on policies to conserve old-growth trees includes updated timelines on protections for old growth. Environmental groups are calling for more immediate protections.
For weeks, slick earthy green and pastel orange ads touting the climate benefits of Canada's logging have flooded millions of Facebook and Instagram feeds. The ads are one plank of a campaign by Canada's largest forestry lobby group the Forest Products Association of Canada to fight growing concerns about its impact on climate change and wildfires.
Environmental groups say an annual federal report puts a positive "spin" on the logging industry and forest health, through selected statistics and the omission of key information.