Looking for Action: Caribou losing ground
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society | 2014
This report is our second annual review of Canada’s progress in conserving boreal woodland caribou habitat since the 2012 release of the federal recovery strategy for boreal caribou under the Species at-Risk Act (SARA). The reason that we are tracking provincial and territorial progress toward developing and implementing meaningful boreal woodland caribou conservation measures is because this species is often an indicator of a healthy boreal forest ecosystem.i If we successfully conserve our remaining boreal caribou populations, we will not only save one of our country’s most iconic wildlife species, but will also be conserving significant areas of the world’s remaining intact forests and wetlands. Canada’s boreal forest provides billions of dollars of value annually in clean air, clean water and climate mitigation services.