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   From: "@nyet.ca   
      
   We can do it again.  Protesters + determination + change of government =   
   protection of our environment.   
      
   Just a reminder how the Clayoquot protests saved a huge swath of   
   forested land on the west coast of Vancouver Island.   
      
   And notice the term in this Wikipedia article:  "worldwide mass media   
   attention".   
      
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   Clayoquot Logging protests   
      
   The differing opinions between these two groups led to the development   
   of Native lobbying organizations and many negotiations regarding   
   policies and general awareness of the conflict. The situation escalated   
   in the late 1980s when MacMillan Bloedel Corporation's permit to log   
   Meares Island was approved.   
      
   Opposition to the MacMillan Bloedel Corporation logging in the Clayoquot   
   Sound was expressed in several peaceful protests and blockades of   
   logging roads ranging from 1980-1994.   
   The largest event occurred in the summer of 1993, when over 800   
   protestors were arrested and many put on trial.  Protestors included   
   local residents of the Sound, the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation and   
   Ahousaht First Nation bands, and environmentalist groups such as   
   Greenpeace and Friends of the Clayoquot Sound.   
      
   The portrayal of the logging protests and blockades received worldwide   
   mass media attention, creating national support for environmental   
   movements facing British Columbia and fostering strong advocacy for   
   anti-logging campaigns. Media attention was focused around the perceived   
   unfairness of the masses of individuals getting arrested for joining the   
   peaceful protests and blockades. Participants encountered aggression and   
   intimidation from law enforcement, which eventually helped strengthen   
   public support for non-violent protests.   
      
   The first significant change in government policies occurred after the   
   1990 protests. Implementation of this change took place in July 1995,   
   when all 127 unanimous recommendations made by the scientific panel on   
   Clayoquot Sound were accepted by the Forests Minister of British   
   Columbia, Andrew Petter, and the Environment Minister, Elizabeth Cull on   
   behalf of the NDP government.[16] Greenpeace played a significant role   
   in these protests, instigating a boycott of BC forest products in order   
   to apply pressure on the industry. The boycott was called off once the   
   scientific panel's recommendations were accepted by the government,   
   deferring logging until an inventory of pristine areas was completed.   
   The Annual Allowable Cut and clear-cuts in the area were reduced to a   
   maximum of four hectares. In addition, Eco-Based Planning was to occur   
   once biological and cultural inventories were completed.[17]   
      
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