{"id":832,"date":"2017-05-19T11:22:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T11:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/uncategorized\/832\/16-adorable-reasons-to-protect-canadas-boreal-forest\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T08:23:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:23:04","slug":"16-adorable-reasons-to-protect-canadas-boreal-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/blogs\/832\/16-adorable-reasons-to-protect-canadas-boreal-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"16 (Adorable) Reasons to Protect Canada\u2019s Boreal Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>Canada&#8217;s boreal forest is home to stunning landscapes and a spectacular array of wildlife. But corporate logging giant Resolute Forest Products wants to intimidate and silence people like you fighting to protect forests.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rather than responding to our calls to reform its logging practices \u2014 as other companies operating in the boreal forest have \u2014 Resolute sued Greenpeace USA, Greenpeace Canada and Greenpeace International for doing exactly what we live to do: speaking up for the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s Indigenous communities who have called the forest home since time immemorial, the vast amounts of carbon stored in its soil, or the rare \u2014 and in some cases threatened \u2014 species within its boundaries, we can think of countless reasons to protect the boreal forest.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 16 of the (cutest and furriest) reasons we\u2019re fighting this attack on the rights of forest defenders everywhere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Woodland Caribou\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Woodland pic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/b2c42c8a-b2c42c8a-135886_242209.jpg\" alt=\"Woodland pic\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Woodland caribou are a threatened species due to habitat loss and the impacts of roads, logging, mining, and other industrial disturbances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2. Ruby-throated Hummingbird<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ruby\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/90c3dbfe-90c3dbfe-135887_242211.jpg\" alt=\"Ruby\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ruby-throated hummingbirds can beat their wings more than 50 times per second. Despite their size, they migrate from Central America to Canadian forests each year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3. Red Fox<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Red fox\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/264974b3-264974b3-135888_242213.jpg\" alt=\"Red fox\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These nocturnal hunters have keen senses, and can even hear small mammals when they are underground. During the breeding season, they construct underground dens. At other times during the year, they live outside in dense vegetation.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4. Monarch Butterfly<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Butterfly\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/6c8a7d37-6c8a7d37-135889_242215.jpg\" alt=\"Butterfly\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monarch butterflies can fly at between 20 kilometers and 40 kilometers per hour, and make use of updrafts of warm air called thermals to rise high into the air and slowly glide down. This endangered species has been negatively impacted by herbicides, human disturbances, and predation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>5. Barred Owl<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Owl\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/50a964c9-50a964c9-135890_242217.jpg\" alt=\"Owl\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Barred owl (Strix varia).<br \/>These 40-centimeter-tall birds are known for their distinctive hoots. They nest in the hollows and cavities of trees, including those created by pileated woodpeckers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>6. American Pine Marten<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"American Pine Marten\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/2b0a3d46-2b0a3d46-135891_242219.jpg\" alt=\"American pine\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These agile members of the weasel family spend most of their time on the ground, but are skilled at both climbing and swimming. In the winter, they dig tunnels through the snow in search of food, which includes voles, snowshoe hares, insects and vegetation such as fruit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>7. Bald Eagle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"7. Bald Eagle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/c2fce772-c2fce772-135892_242221.jpg\" alt=\"7. Bald Eagle\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Although this bird is a symbol of the United States, most of their breeding range is found in Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>8. Black Bear<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"8. Black Bear\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/bbf7a3c5-bbf7a3c5-135893_242223.jpg\" alt=\"8. Black Bear\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black bears have better eyesight and hearing than humans. They are known to mark trees with their teeth and claws as a form of communication with other bears.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>9. Eastern Chipmunk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"9. Eastern Chipmunk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/4570e6a5-4570e6a5-135894_242225.jpg\" alt=\"9. Eastern Chipmunk\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Although chipmunks are expert tree climbers, they dig underground nests. The name chipmunk is derived from the Anishinaabe word ajidamoo, which translates as \u201cone who descends trees headlong.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>10. Wood Bison<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"10. Wood Bison\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/c550cd15-c550cd15-135895_242227.jpg\" alt=\"10. Wood Bison\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The wood bison, a subspecies of bison, is larger than the plains bison and can be found in the boreal forest from Saskatchewan west. Their population was decimated by overhunting and habitat loss, but due to some recovery their designation was changed from endangered to threatened in 1988. Heavier than a moose, these animals are considered the largest land mammals in North America.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>11. Canadian Geese<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"11. Canadian Geese\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/558416ac-558416ac-135896_242229.jpg\" alt=\"11. Canadian Geese\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These loud honking geese are almost exclusively vegetarian, but occasionally eat small water creatures and crustaceans. They are monogamous and often stay with their chosen mate throughout their lives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>12. Mountain Lion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"12. Mountain Lion\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/6de9b776-6de9b776-135897_242231.jpg\" alt=\"12. Mountain Lion\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These large, nocturnal cats prey on deer, raccoons, porcupines, foxes, mice, and other small mammals and birds. They are known to hide carcasses of larger animals under leaves and sticks and return later to feed on their cache.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>13. Blackburnian Warbler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"13. Blackburnian Warbler\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/89353278-89353278-135898_242233.jpg\" alt=\"13. Blackburnian Warbler\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These small songbirds search the tree tops for caterpillars and other insects to feed upon. After their young have fledged, these warblers are known to join flocks of chickadees, nuthatches and kinglets. They migrate from northern forests to Central and South America, where they are vulnerable to habitat loss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>14. Beaver<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Beaver\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/4b7e2bbf-4b7e2bbf-135899_242239.jpg\" alt=\"Beaver\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The canals and dams built by these large rodents make them second only to humans in shaping the landscape. The dams not only creates an ideal habitat for the beavers, but also creates wetlands that support the entire ecosystem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>15. Elk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"elk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/624037e6-624037e6-135900_242237.jpg\" alt=\"elk\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These herbivores are tenacious browsers who feed on grasses and sedges in the summer and migrate to forested areas where they eat tree matter such as twigs, bark, and acorns. These large members of the deer family usually live in herds of ten to 20 members of the same sex, but during their spring migration herds of both sexes join together forming massive herds numbering in the thousands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>16. Grizzly Bear<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Grizzly bear\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/58518a1d-58518a1d-135901_242235.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly bear\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two Grizzly Bears casually lounge in British Columbia, Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our voices are vital: don\u2019t let Resolute stop you from speaking out for Canada\u2019s boreal forest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We want to keep fighting for the environment for decades to come \u2014 but in the face of this attack, we need your help to make sure we can. SHARE this video on <a href=\"https:\/\/business.facebook.com\/GreenpeaceAfrica\/videos\/10154926420313300\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Greenpeaceafric\/status\/865103635167969280\">Twitter<\/a> today to show Resolute that the Greenpeace community won\u2019t back down!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada&#8217;s boreal forest is home to stunning landscapes and a spectacular array of wildlife. 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