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Boreal Forest in the News
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2010
- Aug 14, 2010: The Globe and Mail
New national park comes with twist
In the old-growth forests and boggy expanses of the Mealy Mountains, the federal government is conducting an experiment in parks creation. The future park – to be developed on 11,700 square kilometres of this Arctic alpine terrain in eastern Labrador – includes the traditional hallmarks of protected status, with a key exception: Locals can continue to hunt there indefinitely.
“There’s very few places like it left on Earth,” said Larry Innes, executive director of the Canadian Boreal Initiative and adviser to the Pew Environmental Group. A former Albertan, he lives in Goose Bay and, as a lawyer for the Innu Nation, sat on the steering committee for the park proposal. “You have intact, fully functioning ecosystems encompassing entire watersheds.”
- July 17, 2010: Parks Canada
Parks Canada Doors Open
“On Parks Day, July 17, Parks Canada invites Canadians from all walks of life to come out and explore the best that Canada has to offer. Parks Canada opens its gates and welcome you into all national parks, national historic sites and national marine conservation areas for free!”
- July 3, 2010: Edmonton Journal
Canada’s boreal forest primed to be world’s best-protected ecosystem
“The huge advantage we have in the boreal is that we have communities that have maintained a relationship to their territories for thousands of years and have a pretty good sense of what’s important in terms of maintaining that relationship,” Innes said.“If we can give their values and their voices space, then I think we will, as a country, succeed in becoming one of the best conserved and best managed parts of the planet.”
- July 3, 2010: CTV News
Canada praised for boreal forest conservation efforts
"The level of protection being considered in Canada is high. Agreements under consideration would allow highly restricted development on about half the land and no resource exploitation at all on the other half."
- July 3, 2010 - Winnipeg Free Press
The land that gives life:
Eastside says no to Hydro, yes to roads and eco-tourism
"Indigenous people have been here for 5,000 to 6,000 years -- since the last glaciers receded, remarked Jones, as we stood atop a rocky ridge gazing at Thunder Mountain on the distant horizon with Weaver Lake below us and the thick forest extending as far as the eye could see."
- June 16, 2010 -
CTV news:
Group works towards getting world heritage site designation for boreal forest area
A group of First Nations from Manitoba and Ontario are working together to have their traditional lands deemed a UNESCO World Heritage site. "There are fewer and fewer places in the world that have been left undeveloped, unchanged by human activity" said Gord Jones, with the Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage group.
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- May 27, 2010 - Vancouver Sun
Turning over a new leaf
- May 26 - Winnipeg Free Press
Science Matters: Canada’s aboriginal people are the key to boreal agreement’s success
- May 25, 2010 - The Economist
A Canadian compromise -
How Harry Potter and Victoria’s Secret helped to save a lot of trees
- May 24, 2010 - Huffington Post
World-Class Forest Protection
- May 22, 2010 - The Vancouver Sun
A look behind the curtain of the boreal forest truce
- May 22, 2010 - The Toronto Star
A win/win deal for our forests
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May 22, 2010 - The Epoch Times
Historic Deal Puts Caribou Before Cash
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May 21, 2010 - Grist
Big companies help do something right in Canadian forest deal
- May 19, National Post
Forest industry, environmentalist pact will protect Canada's boreal forest
- May 19, 2010 - Montreal Gazette
Tree huggers, hewers cut a deal To protect canada's forests: Accord covers 72 million hectares across Canada, including 16 million in Quebec
- May 18, 2010 - The Globe and Mail
With newly protected boreal forest, the caribou are smiling
- May 18, 2010 - The Guardian (UK)
Canadian logging campaigners end protest with unprecedented forest truce
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May 18, 2010 - rabble.ca
Boreal forest agreement something for enviros and workers to celebrate
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May 14, 2010 - Montreal Gazette
Tree-huggers and loggers bury hatchet will manage woods together Canadian forest products can bask in glow of new-found eco-approval
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Announcing Heart of the Boreal action alert/website
March 22, 2010
2009
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January, 2009
2008
- Boreal Forest tract worth $120 M per year: researchers - Paul Turenne, Winnipeg Sun
Dec 3, 2008
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East-side boreal forest worth $130M a year: study
- Mary Agnes Welch, Winnipeg Free Press
Dec 3, 2008
- Potential World Heritage boreal forest valued at $130M annually: study - CBC
Dec 3, 2008
- Tar sands threatens millions of birds, report says -
Martin Mittelstaedt, Globe and Mail
Dec 2, 2008
- Oilsands development could lead to 166 million fewer songbirds: new study - Canadian Press
Dec 2, 2008
- Oil Sands Development May Decimate Bird Populations - Report - EasyBourse (France)
Dec 2, 2008
- Oilsands killing birds, habitat, report says -
Margaret Munro, Canwest News Service
Dec 2, 2008
- Canada oil sands seen threatening millions of birds - Reuters
Dec 2, 2008
- What amount of nature should nations preserve?
- Martin Mittelstaedt, Globe and Mail
Nov 24, 2008
- Politicians persuaded to save Canada boreal forest -
Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters
Nov 19, 2008
- Charest promises to protect north -
William Marsden, The Gazette
Nov 16, 2008
- KI receives award for protection of Boreal forest -
James Thom, Wawatay News
Nov 13, 2008
- Ontario First Nations demand firm right to say 'no' to mining developments - Kerry Gillespie - The Toronto Star
July 16, 2008
- Editorial: Safeguarding the North - The Toronto Star
July 16, 2008
- Column: Premier gives 'nature's way' a chance - Jim Coyle - The Toronto Star
July 16, 2008
- Column: The boys, beer and bugs - Christina Blizzard - The Toronto Sun
July 16, 2008
- North faces 'challenges' after boreal announcement - Len Gillis - Sun Media
July 16, 2008
- Provincial plan to preserve boreal forest sparks concern - Brandon Walker - The Daily Press
July 15, 2008
- Ont. to protect huge swath of Boreal forest - Jordana Huber - Canwest News Service
July 14, 2008
- Ontario to spare boreal forests - Karen Howlett - The Globe and Mail
July 14, 2008
- Ontario sets plan to protect northern boreal forest - Reuters
July 14, 2008
- Ont. premier pledges to preserve giant swath of northern boreal forest - The Canadian Press
July 14, 2008
- Forest plan unveiled - Kerry Gillespie - The Toronto Star
July 14, 2008
- Canadians keen to protect boreal forests: survey - Bill Curry - The Globe and Mail
June 2, 2008
- Native leaders vow to fight mining law in Ont. - Jordana Huber - Canwest News Service
May 27, 2008
- High-stakes battle over mining rights - Peter Gorrie - The Toronto Star
May 12, 2008
- Call to reform outdated Ontario mining act - Daina Lawrence - Financial Times
May 10, 2008
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