Sweeping forest conservation agreement reached in Canada (1 Viewer)

Jane Turner

Well-known member

• Dec 2, 2003

• #1

Toronto -- An unlikely coalition of energy and forestry companies, Canadian Indian tribes and environmental groups have agreed to conserve at least 50 percent of Canada's vast sub-Arctic boreal forests, one of the largest unspoiled woodlands in the world.

Full story, bizzarely apeparing in San Franciso! http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/12/01/MNGIE3DF0H1.DTL

 

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Susan C

Well-known member

• Dec 2, 2003

• #2

Hooray! - Saw a fabulous program on the CBC last week with David Suzuki and Justin Trudeau, who travelled with a group of people, including representative from the Native community, along a magnificent river thru a part of the Boreal forest. I'll see if I can find a link to it for you to check out. Unbelievable wild unspoilt land - canyons (4 in a row) as big as the Grand Canyon in the U.S. but literally untouched.

 

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Susan C

Well-known member

• Dec 2, 2003

• #3

See also:
http://www.wwf.ca/NewsAndFacts/NewsRoom

 

Michael Frankis

conehead

• Dec 2, 2003

• #4

Good news, but from the biodiversity viewpoint, it would be better if they preserved more of the BC coastal rainforest - which is still being cut like there's no tomorrow

Michael

 

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Susan C

Well-known member

• Dec 2, 2003

• #5

And this link about the documentary:
http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/show_boreal.html

 

Jane Turner

Well-known member

• Dec 2, 2003

• #6

Thanks Susan.