Preparing the Trail 2010
Comprised of a community of environmentally active athletes and supporters, Preparing the Trail 2010 is running a national tree planting … Continue reading Preparing the Trail 2010
Tag: forestry
Greenpeace blockades a Quebec ministry to protest forestry practices
After delivering to the ministry a load of two-by-fours manufactured by AbitibiBowater, Canada’s largest and most destructive logging company, a dozen Greenpeace activists chained themselves to the building doors, at 880 Chemin Sainte-Foy in Quebec City. They also hung a banner reading: “Boreal Forest: The Destruction Starts Here”. Continue reading Greenpeace blockades a Quebec ministry to protest forestry practices
CPAWS questions Ontario’s biofibre projects
January 21, 2009 – CPAWS Wildlands League expresses deep concerns regarding the province’s latest approach to biofibre projects. Recently the … Continue reading CPAWS questions Ontario’s biofibre projects
Provincial government agrees to conserve half of Northern Québec
Press release from Larry Innes, Executive Director with the Canadian Boreal Initiative: November 20, 2008 – The vision unveiled on … Continue reading Provincial government agrees to conserve half of Northern Québec
The Green Chain Podcast: Tzeporah Berman Part 1
From starring in The 11th Hour for Leonardo DiCaprio to fighting to survive the 11th hour in Bali, last year … Continue reading The Green Chain Podcast: Tzeporah Berman Part 1
The Green Chain Podcast: Severn Cullis-Suzuki, John Vaillant, Jean Pierre-Kiekens & George Bowering
The Tyee presents a new environmentally-themed podcast series, Trees and Us. It’s the official podcast for the soon-to-be released movie, … Continue reading The Green Chain Podcast: Severn Cullis-Suzuki, John Vaillant, Jean Pierre-Kiekens & George Bowering
Caribou Under Threat
Woodland caribou represent Canada’s natural legacy, but their population is in steady decline due to expanding industrial development in the boreal forest.
New War in Woods? Battle Front Shifts
The war in the woods that seemed to simmer down in Clayoquot last week may have found a new flash … Continue reading New War in Woods? Battle Front Shifts
Clayoquot opened to logging
Furious environmental groups threaten resumption of B.C’s ‘war of the woods’ Continue reading Clayoquot opened to logging
Years of tension end with ‘unique’ B.C. rain forest deal
VANCOUVER — After 10 years of logging-road blockades, marketplace boycotts and meetings that were so fractious people couldn’t even agree … Continue reading Years of tension end with ‘unique’ B.C. rain forest deal