Entries tagged "logging"
CPAWS proud partner in new Boreal forest leadership agreement
Following two years of negotiations, CPAWS and sister conservation organisations have reached an historic agreement with the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC). CPAWS played...Clear-cut logging approval in Alberta's Castle Special place undermines regional plan
Calgary, AB -- Logging in the Castle Special Place, north of Waterton-Glacier National Peace Park has been approved for the winter of 2011-2012. Logging along...CPAWS welcomes New Brunswick forest research partnership funds
Collaborative Research Partnership for Sustainable Forest Management Receives Funding Boost from Federal Government “The environmental organizations participating in this process are eager to find ways to...More questions than answers for Ontario forestry announcement
Does Auction Announcement Count the Carbon Costs?TORONTO - CPAWS Wildlands League says that it will closely monitor a wood re-allocation process announced by Minister Gravelle...More Protection for Algonquin
Toronto - CPAWS Wildlands League is applauding an announcement to protect more of Algonquin Provincial Park. Today, the province posted a notice on the Environmental...Caribou running out of space in Ontario
Study shows 7 out of 9 local caribou populations on the verge Toronto – Today CPAWS-Wildlands League is releasing a new report showing that 7...Caribou in peril, Ontario warned: Toronto Star
Facing 'emergency,' province urged to halt logging, road building in threatened habitatsExcerpted from the Toronto Star, July 30 2009 By Catherine Porter, Environment Reporter The...Progress on Canada's parks slows in 2009
New report marks Canada’s Parks Day, July 18thOttawa – In The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, its second annual review of the state of...Tags: alberta algonquin bc caribou flathead logging mining mont orford nahanni new brunswick nwt ontario parks quebec report yellowstone to yukon
New crown forest management plan a step backwards for New Brunswick environment and industry
Fredericton – The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is extremely disappointed with the New Brunswick government’s announcement today of a new direction for public...Ontario puts ecosystems and climate in jeopardy by encouraging burning forests for energy
Group says approach to biofibre is inconsistent with climate change initiativesToday, CPAWS Wildlands League expresses deep concerns regarding the province’s latest approach to biofibre projects. ...CPAWS advises feds on forestry sector package
By Tim Gray and Aran O'CarrollThis op-ed ran in the Toronto Star, online edition, on December 23, 2008 [link]As members of the organization that is...Logging Banned in Manitoba Provincial Parks
After years of campaigns and tens of thousands of letters from citizens, the provincial government has finally announced an end to industrial logging in provincial...Approved Ontario development threatens species at risk
TORONTO - The Ministry of Environment announced its decision this week to allow a controversial logging plan to go forward in the Ogoki Forest, which...Leaders respond to CPAWS' election primer
We sent our 2008 Election Primer questions to all 5 parties. Four of the parties responded. Here are their answers. Do you support the vision...CPAWS decries BC Government's exclusive focus on using wood as forest climate strategy
VANCOUVER - Several leading environmental groups are criticizing a B.C. Government publication containing misleading information about how forestry contributes to Global Warming. The groups are...CPAWS accuses Western Climate Initiative of ducking a burning issue
Four Canadian provinces and seven American states have just released their recommendations for the design of a regional cap-and-trade system to put a price on...Tags: climate change logging
New Brunswick Forest Task Force disappointed in province's public info sessions, will host their own
Fredericton - Two members of the province’s Task Force on Forest Diversity and Wood Supply, Roberta Clowater and David Coon, are calling for additional information...Ontario's Timber Harvesting Levels: Science or wishful thinking?
Download the summary of Ontario's Timber Harvesting Levels: Science or wishful thinking? (850KB, PDF) A leading Ontario conservation group released a report questioning the amount...Tree planting only part of the solution
Time for Premier to keep promise to protect Boreal ForestTORONTO, ON - Today a leading conservation group urges the Ontario government to protect the natural...CPAWS staff receives award to pursue international work encouraging forest protection as part of climate change response
CPAWS is excited to announce that long-time conservation staff member Chris Henschel has been awarded a Global Youth Fellowship by the Walter and Duncan Gordon...July 30, 2007
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