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Abitibi River ForestSIGNIFICANCE: The Abitibi Forest is a large intact area of Boreal Forest in the North East of Ontarioknown for large herds of threatened woodland caribou.TIMELINE: Joint work between environmentalists and industry on caribou conservation has been ongoingsince before the signing of the CBFA. CBFA signatories are hopeful that a government announcement willbe coming soon.LEAD FOREST COMPANIES: Tembec Forest Products, with Resolute as an active forest company in theregion and Weyerhaeuser as a member of the Regional Working Group.STATUS: A joint recommendations on a caribou action plan has been complete for some time and includes835,000 hectares of caribou habitat in deferral. Local communities and First Nations have provided inputinto the caribou action plan. The next step of government approval is outstanding.Broadback ValleySIGNIFICANCE: The Broadback Valley covers 6 million acres of particularly rich Boreal forest. The regionlies entirely within the ancestral lands of the Cree, about 600 km north of Montréal. First Nations haveproposed large protected areas with support from environmentalists. Forest companies have agreed tosuspend logging operations.TIMELINE: We are hopeful that a government announcement is coming soon.LEAD FOREST COMPANIES: Resolute Forest Products (formerly Abitibi), Eacom Timber CorporationSTATUS: 1 million hectare candidate area for protection.Manitoba’s Boreal GemSIGNIFICANCE: This Tolko tenure is over 9 million hectares in size and is a significant source offreshwater, contains many high value ecosystems and critical habitat for caribou.TIMELINE: Caribou action planning and protected areas planning has not yet commenced as it was not apriority by May 18th.LEAD FOREST COMPANIES: Tolko and Louisiana PacificSTATUS: Regional working group members are continuing to reach out to Aboriginal groups seeking theirengagement on caribou action planning and participation on the regional working group. Some preliminarymapping has occurred identifying conservation values.
ASSESSMENT: WHERE ARE WE TODAY?Canopy, Greenpeace and ForestEthics remain committed to improving the long-term health of the BorealForest. We will continue working to deliver real change on the ground in the Boreal.What we are committed to achieving:• Approximately 50-70% of the Boreal forest under management will be conserved through legislationand regulation, based on today’s leading conservation science; 2• Populations of threatened species such as woodland caribou and other key species including grizzlybear, wolverine, wood bison and whooping crane will be recovered and viable;• A terrestrial carbon storehouse will be secured for years to come;• On Boreal forestland not dedicated for conservation, forestry practices will be based on ecosystembased management principles, building from the FSC Boreal Standard.• Boreal Forest communities will prosper and aboriginal treaty rights and traditional territories will berespected.MOVING FORWARD: COLLABORATION IS THE KEYGreenpeace, ForestEthics and Canopy all have long histories of collaborating to secure meaningfulconservation outcomes and lasting certainty in Canada’s forests. We are keenly aware of issues of efficiencyand the importance of measuring results as they relate to these processes.We look forward to our success being informed by jointly commissioned science to answer the toughquestions like “How much is enough?” and what are the drivers and factors defining forest company success.The Boreal Forest urgently needs increased permanent protection and more sustainable management. Inthe coming months, it is critical that a more efficient pathway is created for the realization of the win-winopportunities the Agreement describes.2 Final conservation outcomes should be grounded in jointly undertaken conservation and socio-economic science.Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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