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Key Aspects:
- Goal: Protect old-growth forests, particularly in the Fairy Creek watershed, from logging by the Teal-Jones Group.
- Location: Unceded Pacheedaht First Nation territory, near Port Renfrew, on southern Vancouver Island.
- Timeline: Began in August 2020 and saw significant activity through 2021, with police enforcement continuing into 2022.
- Tactics: Activists established multiple camps and blockades, using direct action, tree-sitting, and complex physical obstructions to halt logging roads.
- Participants: A diverse group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous land defenders, environmentalists, and activists, forming a significant civil disobedience movement.
- Key Issues: Intertwined environmental protection (old-growth trees, carbon storage) with Indigenous sovereignty, decolonization, and climate justice.
- Outcomes: Over 1,100 arrests; the B.C. government implemented temporary logging deferrals in some areas, but specific areas targeted by protesters were logged, leading to ongoing activism.
