Local Canadian Leaders Do What Fed Fails To

While Canada's federal government resists taking action on climate change, its provincial and Aboriginal leaders have set aside over 200 million acres of boreal forest as a carbon vault.

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October 31, 2009, 9:00 AM PDT

By Michael Dudley

"In a series of initiatives, Canadian provincial governments and aboriginal leaders have set aside vast tracts of coniferous woods, wetlands, and peat. The conservation drive bans logging, mining, and oil drilling on some 250m acres – an area more than twice the size of California.

The sheer scale of the forest conservation drive is somewhat of an anomaly for Canada, whose government has been accused of sabotaging the global climate change talks by its development of the Alberta tar sands and its refusal to make deep cuts in its greenhouse gas emissions."

FULL STORY: Canada sets aside its boreal forest as giant carbon vault

Thursday, October 29, 2009 in Guardian (UK)

Environment Canada Climate Change Forests Canadian Provinces

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