Non-fire-related forest loss in the country jumped to a 17-year high, largely thanks to increased land clearing for cattle farming and mining, and other incursions into Indigenous territories.

Source: https://grist.org/climate/tropical-forest-loss-sped-up-in-2022-despite-global-pledge-to-halt-deforestation/

These charges lack credibility given that the RCMP are operating on unceded Indigenous territories and should have no authority against Wet’suwet’en people.

Source: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/canada-police-raid-wetsuweten-camp-and-arrest-indigenous-land-defenders