New protection announced in the Broadback Forest
New protection announced in the Broadback Forest As we begin 2021, we extend our deep appreciation to all market partners, brands, and producers, for their support in the conservation …
Category: Broadback Forest
Governments announce Significant new protected areas in the Cree homeland of Eeyou Itschee
Parts of the Broadback-Mishigamish Forest are carved out of the protection agreement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, Montreal, December 17, 2020: Conservation organizations Canopy and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) welcome …
Cree Nation’s leadership in conservation planning is set to inspire Québec to act and reach their target
With the surge of epic floods now recurring repeatedly in Southern Québec, Canada, we are hearing strong please from a few politicians for the protection of biodiversity and wetlands. The …
First-ever global map of Ancient and Endangered Forests brings conservation science to boardrooms of the world’s largest companies
Vancouver, Canada. November 9, 2018.Today marks the public launch of a new online tool that will enable global companies, including H&M, Kimberly-Clark, Inditex/Zara and DK Books, to identify where Ancient …
BLOOMBERG: To Keep Old Growth out of New Shirts, Fashion Turns to Technology
This article was published by Bloomberg. Leading designers and retailers supported a nonprofit’s effort to help ease the search for unsavory suppliers active in endangered forests. No one dies for …
GLOBE AND MAIL: The Broadback threatened with logging
This article was published by the Globe and Mail on July 13, 2018 A Cree First Nation and a conservation group are pressing Quebec to protect one of the last …
THE NATION: Protecting Waswanipi’s Broadback forest from a renewed threat
This article was first published in The Nation When the Cree Nation Government signed a forestry co-management agreement with the Quebec government in 2015, Waswanipi members were unhappy that the …
Getting to Know the Broadback Forest
Knowing all there is to know about the Boreal Forest of Canada is an almost impossible task. It spans 2.7 million square km, holds 1.5 million lakes and is …
The Broadback Forest Goes Global at Skoll World Forum
Broadback Forest Conservation Solution Profiled at Prestigious Skoll World Forum Waswanipi Cree Deputy Chief joins Canopy to shine light on Boreal landscape of hope April 6, 2017: Oxford, UK – Waswanipi Cree Deputy …
CBC: Waswanipi leader lobbies fashion companies to save boreal forest
October 29, 2016. Originally published in the CBC by Christopher Herodier and Jaime Little. In the fight to save one of Northern Quebec’s last untouched boreal forests from logging, the Cree’s latest ally …
Businesses for Boreal conservation
Buyers of Canada’s forest products count on both a reliable flow of goods and increasing levels of sustainability in the fibre they purchase. They support scientifically valid levels of protection that also ensures a steady supply of forest fibre into the future.
Des entreprises appuient la conservation de la forêt boréale
Les grands acheteurs de produits forestiers canadiens comptent sur un approvisionnement fiable et sur un niveau de durabilité environnementale de plus en plus élevé.
