Vancouver Island’s old-growth rainforests are among the rarest ecosystems on EarthCoastal temperate rainforests cover barely half a percent of Earth’s land surface. The fight is not unique to British Columbia. As old-growth logging has continued elsewhere on the island, activists are again returning to the forests. At the same time, British Columbia Premier David Eby’s government has pledged to increase timber harvests in an effort to revitalize the forestry sector. “If we were to shut down harvesting of all old forests here in British Columbia, it would shut down our sector completely on day one.”