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forestry
Stern Warning
Nova Scotia environmentalists say government must revise lease of public lands to private corporations
Jan 27
Hemp Wanted
Once illegal material promises dizzying array of green energy uses
Dec 23
1 comment
Boreal Forest Conflicts Far From Over
Mainstream enviros, timber industry shut First Nations out of "historic" deal
May 20
1 comment
Cranberry Co-operative Goes Big in Rogersville
Ocean Spray to take over 3,400 hectares in New Brunswick
May 3
Making a Bio-Mess of Nova Scotia's Forests
Whole-tree clear-cutting not a green energy source, say environmentalists
Dec 25
Sprayed Kedgwick Women Fight Back
Herbicide use set to increase in New Brunswick
Nov 6
2 comments
September 14, 2008
Weblog:
BC forestry industry "in a tail spin"
BC finance minister, Colin Hansen, has just released a report showing that forestry revenues in BC are down by 36 per cent.
Hansen was quoted in the Tyee's new election blog "The Hook" as saying: "The downturn we are seeing in the forest sector is unprecedented. Since 1993 it has never even come close to being that low."
The pine beetle, sub-prime crisis, high dollar and a series of forestry strikes in BC have all contributed to the downturn which the NDP finance critic Bruce Ralston characterized the industry as being "in a tail spin".
May 20, 2006
Environment
GE trees are considered the new threat to global forests. Katie Shafley wonders why no one knows they're being grown in Canada.
The New Chainsaw
GE trees are considered the new threat to global forests. Katie Shafley wonders why no one knows they're being grown in Canada.Genetically engineered trees are the new threat to Canada's forests
May 20
March 26, 2006
Arts
Max Liboiron speaks to photographer John Haney about the process of art. Slow down and take a second look.
The Life of A Clearcut
Max Liboiron speaks to photographer John Haney about the process of art. Slow down and take a second look.John Haney collaborates with his environment
Mar 26
March 8, 2006
Letters
A Bear of a PR Scam
The full court PR press by our government, the forest industry and the foundation funded industrial sustainabilism engos has marginalized and deprecated many of BC's environmental voices that wish to contain coastal industrial forestry entirely within the existing second growth...
Letter from Michael Michael Major
Mar 8
March 8, 2006
Letters
Great Bear Deal is Defeat for Environmentalism
I am very disappointed to read Yuill Herbert's "Bear of a Deal" in the Dominion. The Dominion purports to be a 'grassroots' newsletter, but Mr. Herberts article panders blatantly to all the big professional enviro-corp hype about what is basically...
Mar 8
March 6, 2006
Environment
After over a decade of negotiations, environmental groups, industry, First Nations and the Canadian government have come to an unprecedented agreement discovers Yuill Herbert
A Bear Of A Deal
After over a decade of negotiations, environmental groups, industry, First Nations and the Canadian government have come to an unprecedented agreement discovers Yuill HerbertA decade of negotiations give way to an unprecedented agreement
Mar 6
June 21, 2005
Original Peoples
Macdonald Stainsby discusses the history of the blockades and the struggle for self-determination at Grassy Narrows.
The Blockade Between Hope and Destruction
Macdonald Stainsby discusses the history of the blockades and the struggle for self-determination at Grassy Narrows.Grassy Narrows, Abitibi Consolidated and the Canadian Governments
Jun 21
March 24, 2005
Environment
Hillary Lindsay talks to Director Kevin Matthews about his latest documentary, Forbidden Forest
Forbidden Film
Hillary Lindsay talks to Director Kevin Matthews about his latest documentary, Forbidden ForestMultinational corporations and New Brunswick's forests
Mar 24
March 2, 2005
Literature & Ideas
Brubacher, Besner, Trafford and Deen review new books by Suzuki, Sinclair, Williams and Field.
Books, March 2005
Brubacher, Besner, Trafford and Deen review new books by Suzuki, Sinclair, Williams and Field.
Mar 2
February 4, 2005
Original Peoples
Dam Locally, Warm Globally
Relatively untouched, Canada's vast boreal forest is once again being threatened. Kim Petersen finds a small Ojibway community on the front lines of its defence.
Boreal forest, aboriginal peoples threatened by new push for exploitation
Feb 4
November 6, 2004
Original Peoples
The Struggle for Haida Gwaii
The Haida people claim to have inhabited Haida Gwaii for 10,000 years, but official recognition of their sovereignty is still in question. Kim Petersen looks at what are sometimes called the Queen Charlotte Islands.
Sovereignty, resources and culture at stake, say Haida
Nov 6
March 16, 2004
Environment
The Canadian Boreal Initiative (CBI), launched at the end of last year, is a common vision for the largest conservation agreement in the world. It proposes a plan to protect approximately 265 million hectares of forest and to manage a further area of equal size according to stringent ecological standards of development.
A New Era in Conservation
The Canadian Boreal Initiative (CBI), launched at the end of last year, is a common vision for the largest conservation agreement in the world. It proposes a plan to protect approximately 265 million hectares of forest and to manage a further area of equal size according to stringent ecological standards of development.
Mar 16
May 17, 2003
Environment
The transformation of public forests into clear-cuts and tree farms is nothing new in Canada. A government guarantee to corporations that this will continue to be the case is new. Provincial governments in both New Brunswick and British Columbia are considering policies that would effectively eliminate the public's control of public lands and place it in the hands of the forest industry. The stage is set for corporations to make a grab for control of Crown forests. According to the Supreme Court of Canada, Crown lands are held in trust by the federal and provincial governments for the benefit of all people, including those not yet born.
Whose Forests?
Maintaining habitats, establishing protected areas or community forests and protecting watersheds could require that government compensate corporations, if new agreements are signed.
May 17
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