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View from the water of the Great Bear Rainforest. Greenpeace is working to save this majestic area.
Greenpeace feels that future solutions are based on shifts in the marketplace where decision-makers worldwide make purchases everyday that affect ancient forests.
As independent science and many creative solutions and negotiations have constructively formed the basis for consensus on land use recommendations.
In the meantime, Greenpeace has been actively involved in the development of a forest management certification system that guides sustainable use solutions.
Using the global spotlight our campaign has brought to the region, Greenpeace is engaged in work to realize the potential of a diversified conservation economy and to reduce the need for resource extraction based on short-term gains with limited benefits to local communities.
The countless hours spent scouring legal documents, appearing in court and enduring what must have been trying exchanges with the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) by our awesome lawyers at Ecojustice has all paid off. Read more >
I am one of the lucky ones. Not everyone can say that they are surrounded by greatness, passion and humour at work. But I can. In fact, I am regularly humbled by those around me at Greenpeace. My closest colleague for the latter... Read more >
Paulo Adario, who heads up our Amazon campaign , may not be your archetypal hero (we’ve never seen him don tights), but we’re proud to announce that he has just been awarded the honour of “Forest Hero” by the UN. He’s not one to tout... Read more >
Despite widespread public and political support for an agreement to save one of the world’s last and largest intact coastal temperate rainforests, only half of British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest is currently protected from logging. Read more >
February 7, 2012 The Hon. Christy Clark Premier, Government of British Columbia PO Box 9041 STN Prov Govt Victoria, BC V8W9E1 Dear Premier Clark: Today is the sixth anniversary of the Great Bear Rainforest Agreements... Read more >
I’ve spoken with a lot of politicians over the years, but I’ve never had one run away from me before. Perhaps I shouldn’t have been surprised, as it’s no secret that our federal Minister of Natural Resources doesn’t have a lot of time... Read more >
Environment Minister Peter Kent is still refusing to issue an emergency order to protect Alberta’s woodland caribou, despite a court order last July asking him to in light of scientific evidence. Kent has suggested that the existing... Read more >
As controversy increases over the Harper government’s attacks on environmental groups, Greenpeace Canada today released internal government documents obtained under Access to Information legislation showing that the Harper government has... Read more >
Greenpeace launched an advertising campaign today illustrating the consequences of Asia Pulp & Paper’s (APP) rainforest destruction on the critically endangered Sumatran tiger in Indonesia. The tiger themed advertisement, appearing in locations... Read more >
There was, understandably, a lot of coverage of the Obama administration’s rejection of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. But very few people seem to have read the full “ Report to Congress ” filed by the U.S. State Department... Read more >
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