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Canada’s boreal forests are the ‘Amazon of the north’: report

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May 22, 2013 | Gloria Galloway
As resource companies look to northern forests in search of untapped minerals and energy, scientists and conservancy groups say too little heed is being paid to the environmental wealth created by Canada's...
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Bid to seek heritage designation for boreal forest nears completion

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January 14, 2013 | Alexandra Paul
THE final pieces of a deal to co-manage a vast tract of boreal forest with aboriginal groups is expected to be announced this morning, Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh...
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Getting a stake in the mining patch

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January 11, 2013 | Justine Hunter
British Columbia had a banner year for mining investment in 2012. But the $463-million poured into the ground represents just a handful of successful projects. Most junior mining companies were running up...
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National Geographic News

In Decline, Caribou Face a Tough Winter in Canada

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January 2, 2013 | Jeff Wells
It was once our largest caribou herd, and one of the biggest herds of large migratory mammals anywhere in the world. The George River caribou of northern Quebec and Labrador were surpassed in numbers...
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Pine beetles contributing to climate change: study

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November 25, 2012 | Bob Weber
Newly published research suggests mountain pine beetles have become so widespread that they’re not just benefiting from global warming, they’re starting to contribute to it...
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Today's aboriginal elders -- with their links to the past -- are forging an environmental future

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November 17, 2012 | Alexandra Paul
Heidi Cook's late grandfather, a Cree trapper and hunter, cherished the limestone caves that are home to little brown bats near Grand Rapids in northern Manitoba...
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Lutsel K’e looks Down Under for advice

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November 6, 2012 | Josh Long
Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation (LKDFN) is looking to Australia for assistance as it works to take stewardship over its ancestral homeland...
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Native land-care tips from Down Under

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October 28, 2012 | Mark Hume
Of all the things Canada imports from Australia, the most valuable might turn out to be an idea. A delegation of Australian Indigenous Rangers arrived in Vancouver...
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Forests able to tolerate development

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October 17, 2012 | Bob Weber
A study suggests that a few farms, oilsands mines and forestry developments might be good for Alberta's boreal forest - up to a point...
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Government releases long-awaited strategy for vanishing woodland caribou

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October 8, 2012 | Bob Weber
OTTAWA - The federal government is promising to work harder to preserve habitat needed by Canada's vanishing woodland caribou. In a document released late Friday afternoon...
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