Mark Ruffalo, Margaret Atwood, David Suzuki & More Join First Nations Activists Calling For The Protection Of BCтАЩs Old Growth Forests
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тАЬAvengersтАЭ star Mark Ruffalo, acclaimed environmentalist Dr. David Suzuki and┬аThe HandmaidтАЩs Tale author Margaret Atwood are among those joining their voices to those of British ColumbiaтАЩs First Nations communities to prevent the provinceтАЩs old growth forests from being cut down for lumber.
In a new video released on June 17 by the environmental advocacy group Stand.earth, the celebs implore BC Premier John Horgan to halt logging of old growth forests.
тАЬAs youтАЩre watching this,тАЭ begins Ruffalo, тАЬsome of the last old growth trees in rainforests across British Columbia are falling,тАЭ continues Suzuki.
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тАЬSome of them are over a thousand years old,тАЭ adds Atwood.
тАЬLess than one per cent of forests in British Columbia still have big, old growth trees,тАЭ says Suzuki.
According to Dr. Suzanne Simard, professor of forest ecology at the University of British Columbia, these old growth trees are тАЬessential in our fight against climate change.тАЭ
The video is demanding that logging of old growth forests end immediately.
тАЬThe world is watching,тАЭ the videoтАЩs participants declare in unison at the videoтАЩs conclusion.
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Viewers are encouraged to sign a petition urging the BC government to ban logging for the most at-risk old growth forests.
