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In the news : Parks Canada Doors Open

On Parks Day, July 17, Parks Canada invites Canadians from all walks of life to come out and explore the best that Canada has to offer. Parks Canada opens its gates and welcome you into all national parks, national historic sites and national marine conservation areas for free!

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In the news: Canada’s boreal forest primed to be world’s best-protected ecosystem

July 5, 2010 - Canada's Boreal Forest was featured in several interesting news stories out of Alberta and Manitoba this week. One story sees Canada positioned to have the best forestry protection in the world: “If we’re successful here and if all of these positive things track to completion, and hopefully additional governments and industries come up with similar kinds of conservation plans, we are looking at by far the most protected and intact forest landscape in the world remaining so for all time."

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Manitoba: Group works towards getting world heritage site designation for Boreal Forest area

June 16, 2010 CTV report: A group of First Nations from Manitoba and Ontario are working together to have their traditional lands deemed a UNESCO World Heritage site.

"There are fewer and fewer places in the world that have been left undeveloped, unchanged by human activity" said Gord Jones, with the Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage group.

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The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement

June 8, 2010 The full text of the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement is now available online, along with a slew of helpful documents. Click through to get all the details, and don't hesitate to contact us with any questions!

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Desjardins Funds joins the Boreal Leadership Council

Lévis (Québec), May 21, 2010 – As International Biodiversity Day approaches, Desjardins Funds is pleased to announce that it has officially joined the Boreal Leadership Council (BLC) and become a signatory to the Boreal Forest Conservation Framework.

The BLC, supported by the Canadian Boreal Initiative (CBI), first convened in December 2003 and comprises a diverse collection of conservation groups, First Nations, resource companies and financial institutions, all of which have an interest and a stake in the future of Canada's Boreal Forest.

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Forest industry and environmental groups sign world’s largest conservation agreement to protect the Boreal Forest

MAY 18, 2010, Toronto/Montreal – Today 21 member companies of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), and nine leading environmental organizations unveiled an unprecedented agreement that applies to 72 million hectares of public forests licensed to FPAC members, 16 million hectares of which is in Quebec.

The Agreement, when fully implemented, will conserve significant areas of the vast Boreal Forest in Quebec and Canada, protect threatened woodland caribou and apply the highest environmental standards to forest management. Environmental organizations will engage in recognizing and applauding the efforts of participating companies to international markets, giving them a competitive market edge.

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Canadian Boreal Initiative applauds framework agreement
to advance protection of Thaidene Nene in the Northwest Territories

Alberta, April 7, 2010: The Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation and Parks Canada today signed a framework agreement which is the next step towards establishing Thaidene Nene as a protected area under the Canada National Parks Act. The community of Lutsel K’e has led this initiative to protect this culturally and ecologically unique area in the East Arm of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories, and looks forward to the jobs and economic opportunity this protected area will bring. The agreement was signed today Calgary by federal Minister of the Environment Jim Prentice and Lutsel K’e Chief Steve Nitah.

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