The documents below, which may be utilized for education, media, or outreach purposes, offer a variety of different types of data regarding the Boreal Forest, the billions of birds that rely on it, the threats at hand, and what actions you can take to help.
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The Boreal Forest: A Global Treasure Under Threat
Get the big picture about the Boreal Forest, including reasons this precious ecosystem is globally significant, the many threats it faces, and a solution in the form of the Boreal Forest Conservation Framework.
Boreal Songbird Initiative/International Boreal Conservation Campaign
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Canada's Boreal Forest: Why Businesses, Conservationists and Aboriginal Peoples Are Working Together to Protect This Global Treasure
Public awareness and concern for environmental issues are at record levels in U.S. and Canada, and international businesses are taking a leadership role in environmental responsibility. Find out how your organization can support the Boreal Forest.
Canadian Boreal Initiative/International Boreal Conservation Campaign
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Global Warming and Boreal Birds
Find out about how global warming affects the Boreal and the birds that breed there, and learn about the Boreal's role in mitigating global warming, as the largest terrestrial storehouse of carbon. This is a great fact sheet for adults and children alike.
Boreal Songbird Initiative
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Increasing Paper Efficiency
This factsheet highlights the successes of innovative business leaders and will help you identify opportunities to make changes at your organization or business and to achieve the benefits of increasing paper use efficiency.
Environmental Paper Network
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Q&A on the Environmental Benefits of Recycled Paper
This comprehensive overview of the benefits of recycled paper addresses questions about old trees vs. young trees, the effects of wastewater, mills, landfills, and the energy needed to produce recycled vs. virgin paper.
Environmental Defense/Alliance for Environmental Innovation
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Canada's Boreal Forest: World-Class Outdoor Opportunities & Extraordinary New Conservation Areas
Learn about all the wealth of outdoor adventure to be had in the Boreal Forest, from fishing and kayaking to hiking and birdwatching to skiing and snowboarding to extreme mountain climbing. Also, find out how Canada has preserved parts of the Boreal in special conservation areas.
Boreal Songbird Initiative
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The Boreal Forest: Bird Nursery of the North
Enjoy this picture-rich overview of the Boreal Forest, its importance to birds, the threats it faces, and a list of things you can do to help.
Boreal Songbird Initiative
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Canada's Boreal Forest: Amazon of the North
Learn about the magical outdoor adventures to be had in the Boreal – from padding wild rivers, to fishing gorgeous lakes, to hiking the millions of unspoiled miles available throughout this global treasure.
Boreal Songbird Initiative
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Set of Three Posters about Birds of the Boreal Forest
Print and display this set of three posters in your classroom, museum, or nature center to provide education about the Boreal Forest and its importance to North American birds. Click below to see previews of each poster and download high-resolution, print-ready files.
Boreal Songbird Initiative
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Canada's Tar Sands and the
Mackenzie Valley Pipeline:
By the Numbers
Delve into the Tar Sands of Alberta and the proposed Mackenzie Gas Pipeline with detailed numbers and statistics regarding the development projects.
Boreal Songbird Initiative
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Global Warming and Birds
Global warming is the greatest threat to birds and other wildlife in human history. The rate of global warming is already impacting birds, their prey, and their habitat.
National Audubon Society
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Global Warming and Top Ten Things You Can Do
Individual choices can have a significant impact on global climate change. Reducing your family’s heat-trapping emissions does not mean forgoing modern conveniences; it means making smart choices and using energy-efficient products.
National Audubon Society
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Global Warming's Impact on Birds
Many bird species are considered to be particularly vulnerable to global warming and associated climate change.
American Bird Conservancy
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Boreal Forest Conservation Framework
The Framework is a vision created by leading conservation organizations, resource companies, and First Nations, with the primary purpose of protecting 50% of the Boreal and ensuring sustainable development in the remaining lands. Review details in this comprehensive brochure.
Canadian Boreal Initiative
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Natural Values: Linking the Environment to the Economy
Read about the importance of forests to Canada and beyond, including environmental and economic values. Features recommendations, links, and statistics.
Ducks Unlimited Canada
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Land Facts: Strip Mining for Oil in Endangered Forests
Educate yourself and others with this critical look at oil production in Alberta's Tar Sands.Highlights the threat that tar sands' toxic waste and logging place on America's backyard birds.
Natural Resources Defence Council
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