Seventeen companies with a combined annual revenue of over $35 billion, representing a range of sectors using paper and pulp products, sent a letter to McKenna, Couillard, Notely, and Ford calling for Canada to act to protect boreal caribou and…
The boreal, one of the world’s largest carbon sinks, is in danger. By working to save it, Canada could make a quantum leap, culturally and environmentally.
Canada releases its Action Plan for boreal caribou—but action on the ground is needed to ensure that this iconic species and its boreal home aren't lost.
What is it like to study one of North America’s most elusive mammals? Meet wildlife ecologist Tyler Rudolph, whose boreal caribou research may help the threatened animal survive.
New analysis by NRDC shows that clearcutting in Canada's boreal forest is a significant source of carbon emissions - and a failure to address them risks undermining the nation's climate leadership.
Over the last five years, instead of fulfilling its federal obligation to create boreal caribou protection plans, Ontario undermined and weakened its own Endangered Species Act, threatening the future of boreal caribou in the province.
WASHINGTON – Multinational companies including the Procter & Gamble Company and Kimberly-Clark Corporation have written to Canada’s top federal and provincial leaders, urging them to “act swiftly to protect the boreal Woodland Caribou,” an iconic Canadian species whose survival is…
Yesterday, NRDC urged Canada’s federal government to take immediate action to protect the boreal woodland caribou (boreal caribou). Our message to the federal government is clear: the Canadian government must be prepared to step in to protect boreal caribou should…
Canada's logging industry's campaign against federal caribou recovery plans ignores years of scientific research showing that habitat protection for the boreal caribou is urgently needed. Almost fifteen years after being listed under Canada's Species at Risk Act, it's time for…
This post explores the difference between deforestation and forest degradation and examines whether forest degradation may be a serious problem across Canada's boreal forest.
While the logging industry seeks to blame woodland caribou reocovery plans and other environmental protections for layoffs and wage reductions, government data show these are the result of the industry's investments in automation and mechanization, allowing them to maintain their…
