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Huge Victory for Canada's Rainforests: Environmentalists Vow to Suspend Markets Campaign Targeting Coastal Logging Companies

 

Rally for Wilderness! Sierra Club of BC adds the voices of thousands to Protect B.C.'s Coastal Rainforests

 

Greenpeace Prevents Interfor's Rainforest Destruction Entering French Port

 

Environmental Groups Express Cautious Optimism about Government Plans for British Columbia's Coast

 

BC government orders short-term protection in the Great Bear Rainforest

 

Environmental Groups Sign Strategic Protocol with Haida Nation

 

One year after Great Bear Agreement, the fate of British Columbia's ancient rainforests is still uncertain

 

International Body Asked To End Overcutting of Canadian Cedar

 

Global buyers of wood products "going green", IBM report shows

 

"Clearcutting continues in Canada's forests," warns the David Suzuki Foundation, Forest Watch and the Raincoast Conservation Society.

 

Greenpeace informs international customers about clearcutting practices in Canada.

 

Environmentalists Release Report Warning of Bogus Forest Certification Schemes

 

Concerns Raised over State of British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest

 

Great Bear Rainforest Two Years Later: BC Government Still Not Making the Grade, says 2003 Report Card

 

BC government renews short-term protection in the Great Bear Rainforest

 

Kayak-Assisted Concert Tour to Benefit Great Bear Rainforest

 

World's Leading Conservation Scientists Present on BC's Great Bear Rainforest

 

Diverse Interests Reach Consensus on Land-use Recommendations for B.C.'s Central Coast

 

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Globe and Mail/B.C. not implementing accord, groups say

 

CBC/New debate over Great Bear Rainforest

 

CKNW/Workers displaced by coastal land preservation to be compensated

 

CP/Cracks appear in year-long forest-war truce in British Columbia

 

Vancouver Province/Great Bear deal in tatters: Environmentalists

 

Vancouver Sun/Cabinet orders protection of 'Great Bear Rainforest'

 

CNN/Forest forum unites age-old rivals

 

Truckloggers Magazine/Buying Power

 

Truckloggers Magazine/In Crisis Lies Opportunity

 

Vancouver Sun Commentary/Great Bear Rainforest deal at risk if Liberals don't follow through

 

Vancouver Sun/Delay stirs trouble in Great Bear Rainforest: Standstill on landmark agreement angers environmentalists, natives

 

Los Angeles Times/Tours & Cruises Focusing on Grizzlies in British Columbia Forest

 

Vancouver Sun/First Nations, environmental activists unite against Victoria: First Nations will join eco-groups in a campaign against B.C. wood products, reporter Gordon Hamilton writes

 

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/Travel Paradise Preserved: Schooner shows off natural treasure of Great Bear Rain Forest in British Columbia

 

National Post/'Green' forest products gain: poll: Greenpeace claims victory

 

The Guardian (UK)/That's the spirit: Simon Birch visits the rainforests of British Columbia to admire the rare spirit bear in its natural habitat

 

The Georgia Straight/Co-op Sells First Eco-lumber

 

Globe and Mail/Under the Great Bear's spell

 

Vancouver Sun/Fishing with wolves

 

The Georgia Straight/Fish and the Forest: New research shows salmon are feeding B.C.'s coastal ecosystems, with bears acting as nature's couriers

 

Vancouver Sun/Natives seek probe of cedar overcutting

 

Vancouver Sun/Environmentalists say forest cut 'alarming'

 

CP/B.C. may see return to war in the woods

 

Vancouver Sun/Environmentalists re-enter fight over B.C. forests: Ecogroups turn their attention to the rest of the province, Gordon Hamilton reports

 

Victoria Times Colonist: Four different ways to use our land: Government looks for a fine balance of environment and employment

 

UK Timber Trade Journal/Greens accuse certification schemes of rubber-stamping bad practices

 

Vancouver Sun: Kermode-bear champion fears resumption of central-coast logging: Forest firms say nothing is planned until land-use pacts are in place

 

Vancouver Sun/Green products more popular: lobbyists

 

Vancouver Sun/Corporate buyers look to eco-certified forest companies

 

CTV/B.C. environmentalists buoyed by 'green' report

 

Victoria Times Colonist: Government extends logging ban on central coast to allow for land-use plan

 

Vancouver Sun/New War of the Woods shaping up in B.C. forests: The 2003 version promises to be as fractious as 1993's, but the outcome is unclear

 

Explore Magazine: The naked truth about the Great Bear Rainforest

 

Vancourver Sun/Logging moratorium to end soon in contentious rainforest: Forest companies plan to wait for more environmental reports

 

Victoria Times Colonist/Business shifts attitudes on forest products

 

CBC: BC Puts Off Logging in 'Spirit Bear' Forest for a Year

 

Cascadia Times: Journey to the Heart of the Great Bear Rainforest

 

Vancouver Sun: Preserve half of rainforest, scientists urge

 

Turning Point Newsletter: Klemtu Tourism named one of top 10 wildlife adventures in the world

 

Vancouver Sun: Radical land-use plan proposed on central coast

 

Vancouver Sun: Science can help Judge Conservation

 

Vancouver Sun: Half of B.C. needed to save grizzlies, report says: Authors admit such a vast portion would never be set aside, but say study is crucial

 

A Canopy of Hope

 

The Tyee: 'Great Bear' Economy Goes after $200 Million

Private donors will kick in $60 million, pending government matches, for sustainable coastal push.

Victoria Times Colonist/Forestry legislation on course despite mounting opposition

 

Vancouver Sun/Liberals sign on to NDP forest plan: 'Great Bear' decision follows review; Industry's marketing consequences hailed

 

Prince George Citizen/Working forest idea concerns tourism lobby

 

PBS/Bill Moyers Reports: Earth on Edge

 

Reuters/Truce Over Canadian Rainforest Seen Fraying

 

The Ecologist/Do Bears Fish in the Woods?

 

Vancouver Sun/Interfor halts pristine valley work. Forest company pledges not to log along coast for one year while issues are sorted out.

 

Vancouver Sun/Peace-in-the-woods deal imminent. Environmentalists, forest companies on verge of coastal logging pact.

 

Vancouver Province/Trust established