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RONA a ‘leader in forest sustainability’ with new procurement policy, says Greenpeace

Feature story | November 20, 2008 at 17:00

Greenpeace congratulated the leadership of RONA (TSX:RON) in instituting a new progressive policy that will help conserve Canada's forests. The home improvement chain has announced adoption of their first procurement policy for wood products and...

Stop logging in endangered forest areas

Action | November 26, 2012 at 12:37

Ask Resolute CEO Richard Garneau to immediately stop logging in endangered forest areas and important caribou habitat.

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Ask Resolute CEO Richard Garneau to immediately stop logging in endangered forest areas and important caribou habitat.

First Nations Rights and the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement

Blog entry by flp | July 12, 2010

The recently-announced Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) signed by Greenpeace, eight other leading environmental organizations, the Forest Products Association of Canada and its 21 member companies, encompasses more than 70...

Ship carrying newsprint from Canada's Boreal Forest blocked by Greenpeace in Netherlands

Press release | October 12, 2007 at 17:00

Activists with Greenpeace have prevented a ship from off-loading several thousand tonnes of newsprint in the harbour of Terneuzen, Netherlands. The newsprint comes from Abitibi-Consolidated, the most important logging company in Canada, which is...

BUILDING A GREEN ECONOMY in the Boreal Forest

Publication | November 19, 2010 at 6:03

“Building a Green Economy in the Boreal Forest,” lays out a vision for the development of the Boreal Forest to build new, stable, viable economies that communities can count on in the long term, while preserving the tremendous ecological values...

A Failing Grade: The McGuinty Government’s Management of Public Forests

Publication | June 16, 2011 at 9:45

A new Greenpeace report shows the McGuinty government has mismanaged Ontario’s Boreal Forest, has let down northern communities and has failed to save threatened woodland caribou.

On The Ground 2011

Publication | October 17, 2011 at 1:15

On the Ground 2011 concludes that the principal drivers for PEFC’s current weaknesses include weak standards, weak governance, poor or non-existent stakeholder consultation, a lack of transparency, an inadequate dispute resolution system and...

Forestry Reforms in Ontario: Province packs for a day hike, while we need them to...

Blog entry by Freya Putt | August 9, 2010

At first glance, the new government proposal for forestry reforms in Ontario looks like a complete overhaul of the system used to give out licenses for logging and forestry operations: in the words of one logging industry...

McGuinty endangered species exemption for industry sacrifices caribou

Feature story | January 24, 2011 at 16:24

24 January 2011 (Toronto) – Greenpeace today announced it will vigorously oppose the McGuinty government’s proposal to exempt the forest industry and others from the Endangered Species Act by ramping up its efforts to convince the Premier to...

Greenpeace asks to meet with AbitibiBowater

Press release | October 31, 2007 at 18:00

Following the merger of forest giants Abitibi-Consolidated and Bowater, which was finalized early this week, Greenpeace is asking to meet with the new post merger CEO, Mr. David J. Paterson.

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