The Great Bear Rainforest Agreement means:
5 million acres (2 million hectares) is protected from logging

This includes:

• Previously protected parks covering 1 million acres (443,000 hectares)
• Newly negotiated parks that stretch over 3.3 million acres (1.3 million hectares)
  c. No logging zones that equal 736,000 acres (297,000 hectares)
• The application of a better, lighter touch forestry, called Ecosystem Based Management, by 2009
• Comprehensive First Nations involvement in management over their entire traditional territory
• The diversification of the economy based on conservation

photos: Adrian Dorst (banner), Marni Grossman (centre)