Two weeks ago , t he International Boreal Conservation Science Panel reached out to the public to with a  calls for at least 50% “strict protection” of Canada’s Boreal Forest.  This call should be followed on a global scale. The last...

Two weeks ago, Greenpeace Africa's Irene Wabiwa-Betoko wrote  about  the need for  Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs)  protection in the Congo Basin, and expressed the hope that FSC's new commitment to IFLs protection could help shift the...

If there’s one thing you don’t want, it’s to freeze your fingers off in the Boreal Forest. At minus 37, that’s not always easy. Equipped with what I thought were appropriate winter boots and warm gloves for my trip to the...

By now you may have heard of  #NutellaGate . Yesterday, the French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal urged people concerned about global warming and deforestation to  stop eating Nutella  because the famous chocolate and hazelnut...

You may have seen the wake-up call this morning outside of Ottawa. Fifty one tombstones, in memory of Canada’s woodland caribou herds lined up as a reminder to Catherine McKenna, Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change that...

The threat of massive lawsuits is scaring Ontarians into silence. And our political parties all agree we urgently need legislative action to prevent this scourge to free speech known as SLAPP suits – that’s “Strategic Lawsuits Against...

‘Effective immediately, Wilmar will not engage in development of HCS (High Carbon Stock), HCV (High Conservation Value), or peat, nor knowingly source from suppliers engaged in development of HCS, HCV, or peat.’ Wilmar...

About 400,000 emails to Procter & Gamble CEO. Thousands of phone calls to P&G; offices around the world. Dozens of protests throughout the planet. 7300 Sumatran orangutans at risk of being made homeless. ...

The International Boreal Conservation Science Panel, which is made up of leading environmental experts, released a report today which calls for at least 50% “strict protection” of Canada’s sensitive Boreal Forest. The scientists point...

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) was created in 1993 to allow companies and the public to identify products coming from responsibly managed forests. In order to protect the world’s last remaining intact forests, consumers and...

Proposed anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) legislation in Ontario continues to make headlines. And now the CBC’s The Current, with guest host Rick MacInnes-Rae, put the spotlight on Resolute Forest Products’...

“ We’ve done it before, we can do it here. ” It’s a mantra that we have been saying over and over again in our campaign to protect the Boreal Forest. We can put in place lasting solutions that protect the forest and the wildlife...

Giant banner deployed by the Waswanipi Cree First Nation on the shore of Quénonisca lake near the Broadback valley.    One of the last intact forests in Quebec has been making headlines. All this thanks to the Cree Nation of...

For half an hour Otan wouldn't let go. Only eight months old, he already had a vice-like grip, his nails digging so deep they left half-moon imprints in the skin of his carer. If there were trees, Otan would be swinging freely from...

We are at the Annual General Meeting of Resolute Forest Products, held for the first time in Saint-Félicien, in the heart of Quebec’s forest industry. We’re asking Resolute CEO Richard Garneau today if he will be part of the...

We live in very odd times. We have in powerful positions of world leadership politicians who wish to take us back to the 1950s, or earlier, in terms of environmental and social policies. We have governments rolling back hard-won...

The special 2012 issue of National Geographic, “50 of the World’s Last Great Places,” captivates readers with astonishing images of 50 places of natural beauty on Earth. Among regions in the temperate zone, the Boreal Forest is...