CPAWS welcomes new Boreal information resource

Posted on May 8, 2007

CPAWS welcomes the launch today of a new conservation research tool - the Boreal Information Centre.  This Centre is a one stop source of mapped information illustrating the bounty of natural characteristics and human use of North America’s great boreal forest.  CPAWS has been an advisor during the Centre’s development. Sponsored by a coalition of scientists, forest products suppliers and buyers, conservationists and resource managers, the Centre is publicly accessible via the internet at www.borealinfo.org. 

Aran O’Carroll, CPAWS National Manager of Forest Programs, is also chair of Global Forest Watch Canada, one of the centre’s partners. “We’re pleased to be part of this effort that will make critical data for conservationists available without charge and on-demand,” says O’Carroll.  

The Centre will initially house 50-some data layers and associated summaries of information, for issues such as the location and extent of old-growth forests, for most of the entire boreal forest of Canada. 

“With CPAWS initiatives across the boreal, including efforts to protect “endangered forests”, “critical habitats” and other forests of high conservation value, we are very pleased to be able to access this tool as we work towards achieving our bold boreal forest conservation ambitions,” says O’Carroll.