Great Bear Rainforest Saved by Compromise Between Government and Environmentalists
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Government of British Columbia and Environmental Groups Reach Compromise
WAPO reports that the government of British Columbia is set to announce the creation of a park twice the size of Yellowstone, while Greenpeace and ForestEthics declare the Great Bear Rainforest saved.
The park will cover 4.4 million acres, and strict new controls will protect against exploitation on an additional 10 million acres. The entire territory, being called the Great Bear Rainforest, is the result of an alliance of loggers, environmentalists, native groups and the provincial government. The decade-long environmental battle to preserve the area was once dubbed the “War for the Woods.” Greenpeace International sums up the effort:
Take ten years of difficult, dangerous, and at times, heartbreaking work. Add thousands of activists from around the world — some who sent emails, some who stood on the blockades, some who voted against destruction with their wallets. Some who were beaten, some who were sued, some who were arrested. Today it added up to victory. Common sense has prevailed and one of the world’s treasures, the Great Bear Rainforest, is saved from destruction.
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Threads on the web::
02.07.06 Greenpeace » Great Bear Rainforest: Saved
02.07.06 Washington Post » Huge Canadian Park Is Born of Compromise
02.08.06 Seattle Post-Intelligencer » Canada to protect wildlife, logging in huge B.C. park
02.08.06 ESPN » Canada unveils vast Great Bear Rainforest
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