BigCoast Forest Climate Initiative, Canada
Location
Canada
SDGs Certified
5
Solution Type
IFM
Project Type
Carbon Removal
Fact File
💡IFM stands for 'Improved Forest Management'.
🦌 The project contributes to the broader regional ecosystem, which is home to bear, elk, salmon and orca.
🍂 For Coastal First Nations, the western red cedar, a tree protected by the project, is known as the “tree of life” because of its medicinal and practical uses.
Partnership &
Certification
About this Project
The Problem
Coastal British Columbia faces challenges with greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to operational forest lands being used for timber harvesting. This activity not only contributes to GHG emissions but also threatens biodiversity, old forests, ecologically significant areas, and culturally important sites.
The Solution
The BigCoast Forest Climate Initiative is the largest project of its kind in Canada. It began in 2022 by conserving 40,000 ha of unique forest ecosystems on the West Coast of Canada. More than 80% of these lands are old forest - land that has never been industrially harvested.
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