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Conservation in the Great Bear Rainforest gets major funding boost
$120 million to fund conservation efforts and sustainable enterprises
21 January 2007
Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia. The largest intact temperate rainforest in the world.
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Greenpeace has been working along with other environmental groups to protect the ecological integrity of the Great Bear Rainforest for over a decade, and this commitment by the federal and provincial governments is a major vote of confidence in the process.
Greenpeace and other environmental groups have had a major role in bringing about what's being called one of the largest investments in conservation in North American history. Half the money comes from the governments of Canada and British Columbia, which are pledging to invest $30 million each in sustainable businesses - ecotourism and non-timber forest products - managed by First Nations communities on the coast of British Columbia. The other half of the money - to be devoted to conservation and scientific initiatives in First Nations communities - comes from private donors.
This funding will help preserve the ecological integrity of the Great Bear Rainforest, while also helping to meet the needs of BC coastal communities for a sustainable economy. The Great Bear is the largest tract of unprotected coastal temperate rainforest left on Earth - 8 million hectares, or two-thirds the size of England - and supports tremendous biodiversity, including grizzly and black bears, unique wolf populations and over three thousand genetically distinct salmon stocks.
Greenpeace and other environmental groups have had a major role in bringing about what's being called one of the largest investments in conservation in North American history. Half the money comes from the governments of Canada and British Columbia, which are pledging to invest $30 million each in sustainable businesses - ecotourism and non-timber forest products - managed by First Nations communities on the coast of British Columbia. The other half of the money - to be devoted to conservation and scientific initiatives in First Nations communities - comes from private donors.
This funding will help preserve the ecological integrity of the Great Bear Rainforest, while also helping to meet the needs of BC coastal communities for a sustainable economy. The Great Bear is the largest tract of unprotected coastal temperate rainforest left on Earth - 8 million hectares, or two-thirds the size of England - and supports tremendous biodiversity, including grizzly and black bears, unique wolf populations and over three thousand genetically distinct salmon stocks.
