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Forests

With 80 per cent of the planet's ancient forests already lost or degraded, the need for increased protection of the world's remaining forests is more urgent than ever. Forests help stabilize the climate, sustain life, provide jobs, and are the source of culture for many Indigenous communities. Greenpeace opposes destructive and unsustainable development in the remaining ancient forests in Canada and globally. To effect positive change and put lasting solutions in place, we challenge the global marketplace, engage consumers, pressure governments and work with industry to protect the Boreal Forest, the Great Bear Rainforest and the Indonesian rainforest.

Boreal Forest

Stretching from coast to coast, the Boreal forest is one of the largest tracts of ancient forest in the world, encompassing more than half of Canada's landmass. It is a diverse and awe-inspiring landscape of granite outcrops, lakes, rivers and marshes, interspersed with pine, spruce, aspen and poplar forests. It is home to hundreds of First Nations and other communities, as well as threatened iconic species such as woodland caribou and wolverine. 

Great Bear Rainforest

The Great Bear rainforest represents one quarter of the world's remaining coastal temperate rainforest. It stretches along the mainland coast of British Columbia to the Alaska border and covers an area the size of Switzerland. The Great Bear rainforest is home to the rare white Spirit Bear, salmon streams and dozens of First Nations communities. Once wholly threatened with large-scale industrial logging, Greenpeace continues to work to ensure that the 2006 and 2009 Great Bear Rainforest Agreements are implemented for the rainforest's long-term protection.

Indonesian rainforests

Greenpeace campaigns to prevent the reckless destruction of Indonesia's remaining rainforests. We are doing so to protect endangered wildlife like the Sumatran tiger and orangutan, to support forest communities, and to stop greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation. One of the leading drivers of this forest destruction is Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), part of the Sinar Mas group of companies.

Clayoquot Sound

British Columbia’s Clayoquot Sound is an ecological treasure of regional, national and global significance. Its mountains, valleys and islands represent Vancouver Island’s largest intact ancient rainforest. Home to 45 known endangered, threatened and vulnerable animal species, Clayoquot’s forests are an invaluable haven for wildlife. In the early 1990s, Greenpeace joined fellow environmental groups, the region’s First Nations and the public to protect the intact old-growth rainforests of Clayoquot Sound from logging. However, despite increased protection, many of these ecologically intact areas remain unprotected and are still vulnerable to logging today.

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Greenpeace joins civil society calls for justice in Grassy Narrows

Greenpeace joins civil society calls for justice in Grassy Narrows

Blog entry by Shane Moffatt | June 5, 2012

Greenpeace today joins a host of civil society organizations calling on Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to respect and uphold the rights of Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishnabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation).   In a  joint statement ,...

Endangered Species Act not for target practice

Endangered Species Act not for target practice

Feature story | June 5, 2012 at 12:37

Greenpeace, with environmental groups Ontario Nature, David Suzuki Foundation, and Earthroots are calling on the Ontario government to stop punching holes in the Endangered Species Act (ESA) big enough to drive a mega quarry or massive clearcut...

KFC's Chainsaw Colonel visits Indonesian rainforest destruction

KFC's Chainsaw Colonel visits Indonesian rainforest destruction

Blog entry by rto | May 30, 2012

When you think of KFC most people think of buckets of fried chicken. So what does KFC have to do with Indonesia and why did Greenpeace Indonesia take action against the company on Wednesday? Well, KFC is one of the most...

Muddying the debate: caribou "conservation" schemes and the ethical oil deception

Muddying the debate: caribou "conservation" schemes and the ethical oil deception

Blog entry by rto | May 29, 2012

Evidence of the Alberta Government’s partiality to the interests of industrial expansion can be seen  in its caribou conservation policy, which has been conducted at the expense of both wildlife and even the interests of its citizens.

Musqueam First Nation, 26 days and counting

Musqueam First Nation, 26 days and counting

Blog entry by Stephanie Goodwin | May 28, 2012 1 comment

The Musqueam First Nation have maintained a 24-hour watch over the Marpole Midden village site for the past 26 days to stop further excavation and removal of ancestral remains.  Greenpeace has been down to the Vancouver condo...

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