Fletcher FitzGibbon

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

@JohnVaillant Thanks again for the great forum last week on Salt Spring. Are you still up to share some insight from the trenches? I’ll be in Vancouver Sept 23rd and would love to buy you a coffee if that day works for you.

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

@RBC is financing Belo Sun Volta Grande project necessary? An open pit mine in one of the most biodiverse places in the world...seems like #ComplicityinDestruction to me.

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

@jjhorgan @KatrineConroy Will you commit $300M to protect old growth forests & support Indigenous communities in BC? $185M is good, but it's not enough.
#worthmorestanding

https://t.co/T0EHPrg3oF

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

@jjhorgan @KatrineConroy Kudos on committing some funding to protect old growth forests & support Indigenous communities in Budget 2022...but more is needed!
#worthmorestanding

https://t.co/T0EHPrg3oF

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

@jjhorgan @katrineconroy Will you answer the call of 25 municipal leaders across BC and commit funding for old-growth protection in Budget 2022?

https://t.co/BzZBIjDOye
via @ancientforestbc #worthmorestanding

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

@jjhorgan I do not support the B.C. government’s unethical, unscientific, and ineffective wolf cull. Restoration of habitat is the answer. Stop the kill! #HowlToHorgan @pacificwild

https://t.co/xwW1J6bOLB

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

@jjhorgan @KatrineConroy As this science-based article states, old-growth trees are key to healthy forests.

Will you commit funding ($300M) in Budget 2022 to fund our transition away from old-growth logging?

The time has come.

#worthmorestanding

https://t.co/CJ6TsVBv28

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

The Tourism Industry Association of BC is speaking up for the protection of Old-Growth Forests...@jjhorgan @KatrineConroy, are you listening?

Thank you @TIABC_CA for joining the call. #worthmorestanding

https://t.co/7jsTPhFrwb via @ancientforestbc

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

@jjhorgan @KatrineConroy Will you commit $300 million in Budget 2022 to support a transition away from old-growth logging?

Your promised "paradigm shift" requires funding to help communities who rely on those revenues. #worthmorestanding @AncientForestBC
https://t.co/SUeksO0YgP

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

@Citi: help achieve net zero by 2030 by pulling out of Amazon oil & gas. Financing oil & gas expansion in the Amazon is financing Indigenous rights violations and rainforest destruction. #ExitAmazonOilAndGas

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

@jjhorgan: "[First Nations are] in the impossible position of having to choose between old-growth protection and economic security. This does not advance conservation or reconciliation." -@AdamPOlsen

Hear, hear. #worthmorestanding

https://t.co/e25rFIl3B7

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

@jjhorgan @katrineconroy Why have these 'at-risk' old-growth forests been approved for logging?

These forests were recommended for deferral by the province's independent Old Growth Technical Advisory Panel. #worthmorestanding

https://t.co/mfFjZBdQmv via @ancientforestbc

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

@jjhorgan @KatrineConroy Have we compared the cost of destruction from wildfires & flooding to the cost of more sustainable logging practices? We're getting rocked here.

We need to keep old-growth standing to mitigate future disasters. #worthmorestanding

https://t.co/cTcWMpuA3o

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

@jjhorgan @katrineconroy should be ashamed.

A 30-day window to decide on old-growth deferrals - with no dedicated funding for determining the impact, or for transitioning to more sustainable logging practices - is indeed ludicrous. #worthmorestanding

https://t.co/GE61BGdqL5

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

@jjhorgan @KatrineConroy Will BC commit to provide $300m in funding for First Nations sustainable economic development and the development of Indigenous Protected Areas?

It's what's needed to allow a transition from old-growth logging. #worthmorestanding
https://t.co/snjI4HxNqe

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

@jjhorgan @KatrineConroy Flooding and mudslides from extreme rainfall = another example of climate impacts that can be mitigated by keeping old-growth forests intact. #worthmorestanding

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

@jjhorgan @KatrineConroy Protecting some old-growth isn’t enough. BC needs a forest revolution.

Step 1: Fairly compensate First Nations for newly conserved old-growth forests on their traditional lands. #worthmorestanding

@TheTyee https://t.co/IttPFU18as

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

@jjhorgan @katrineconroy Will BC commit $300 million for Indigenous old-growth protection initiatives and a land acquisition fund to purchase old-growth forests on private lands? This compensation is urgently needed to help fund the transition from old-growth. #worthmorestanding

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

@KatrineConroy @jjhorgan A 30-day time frame for such complex analysis is “totally unreasonable.”
- Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs

In the meantime, logging is still allowed in the ecosystems identified as being at risk.

https://t.co/UXPx8hUPQ3

[Fletcher FitzGibbon @fletcherfitz]

@bctoday In our fight against climate change, I’d like to see Canada commit to protecting its remaining old-growth forests.

These forests are vitally important carbon sinks and should no longer be logged, except for indigenous cultural purposes. @jjhorgan @KatrineConroy