Boreal Songbird Initiative : Reports & Other Publications

Canada to Protect Sprawling Boreal Area in Labrador

published news
February 8, 2010 | Nathanial Gronewold
NEW YORK -- Canada will establish North America\'s newest national park in an isolated corner of Labrador, the government announced Friday...
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Montreal Gazette

Huge new national park announced for Labrador

published news
February 5, 2010 | Randy Boswell
OTTAWA — Environmentalists are heaping praise on the Conservative government after its announcement Friday of the creation of a massive new national park in Labrador — a sprawling, 11,000-sq.-km...
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CBC News

Yukon puts 1-year moratorium on Peel watershed staking

published news
February 5, 2010
The Yukon government has imposed a one-year moratorium on new mineral staking in the Peel River watershed while it reviews a proposed land-use plan for the region...
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Science Matters: Traditional aboriginal knowledge is critical to conservation

published news
February 3, 2010 | David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The United Nations has declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity. It would be great if the year could be simply a celebration of the Earth\'s biological richness, but Biodiversity...
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Enviro report calls on B.C. to protect 50 per cent of land base

published news
January 28, 2010 | Dirk Meissner
A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the B.C. government to conserve 50 per cent of the province\'s land base to fight climate change...
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The Telegram

Protecting boreal Newfoundland and Labrador

published news
January 6, 2010 | John D. Jacobs
The recent Copenhagen Climate Change conference and the international commitments to follow have serious implications for all Canadians, notwithstanding the lack of leadership shown by our federal...
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Climate Talks Near Deal to Save Forests

published news
December 15, 2009 | Elisabeth Rosenthal
COPENHAGEN — Negotiators have all but completed a sweeping deal that would compensate countries for preserving forests, and in some cases, other natural landscapes like peat soils, swamps and fields that...
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Under the icy north lurks a ‘carbon bomb’

published news
December 13, 2009 | Beth Daley
OTTAWA - North of Canada’s capital, underneath an endless expanse of spruce, pine, and birch, ticks what some scientists are calling a carbon bomb: Peat...
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Peat and Repeat: Can Major Carbon Sinks Be Restored by Rewetting the World\'s Drained Bogs?

published news
December 8, 2009 | David Biello
The logging of palm trees grown atop the decaying peatlands of Borneo and Sumatra helps drive the economy of Indonesia, and this fact alone is starting to make the nation a top global priority for efforts...
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Act Naturally

op-ed
December 7, 2009 | Nikita Lopoukhine
Thousands of experts and politicians are gathering in Copenhagen to search for ways to sharply reduce the amount of carbon we release into the atmosphere. Whatever limit they agree to — whether...
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