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Forest Tenures of the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement: A Draft Spatial Dataset |
Download the Draft Dataset (ESRI shapefile)
View the Map |
| 22-December-11 |
| This dataset - Forest Products Association of Canada Tenures Associated with the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) - was created because no other "official" dataset was readily available at the time of its creation. It is intended that this dataset will help support the mapping and spatial analysis needs of the CBFA's planning process. Please send comments on any errors/ommissions to info@globalforestwatch.ca |
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Shell Canada's environmental study for its Jackpine Mine expansion in Alberta's bitumen sands region is seriously deficient |
Download the Submission to the Joint Review Panel of Shell Jackpine Mine Expansion Project
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| 6-December-11 |
| Documents newly filed to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency by the Oil Sands Environmental Coalition say Shell Canada's environmental study of its proposed Jackpine Mine expansion is seriously deficient as it underestimates industrial impacts on the landscape by a factor of 12. The documents were prepared using maps and analysis by Global Forest watch Canada. |
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Dramatic evidence presented at conference in New Zealand on increasing rates of logging and road building in sensitive caribou habitat in Québec, Canada |
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Download the Conference Poster (24" x 48") |
| 5-December-11 |
| At the International Society of Conservation Biology Conference in Auckland, New Zealand, representatives from the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) in Québec Canada presented on December 5 2011, dramatic scientific evidence produced by Global Forest Watch Canada of increasing rates of logging and road building in sensitive caribou habitat in Québec. At the current increasing rate of industrial disturbances in combination with forest fires, the prospect of these caribou supporting self-sustaining local populations in the near future appears to be declining rapidly. |
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Mapping Disturbances and Restoration-Protection Opportunities for Woodland Caribou within the James Bay Region of Northern Québec:
Part 2. Mapping Restoration and Protection Opportunities |
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| 5-December-11 |
| According to a recent previous report by Global Forest Watch Canada, critical woodland caribou habitat in the James Bay region of northern Québec is being rapidly impacted by roads and logging. We found that at the current increasing rate of industrial disturbances in combination with forest fires, the prospect of these caribou supporting self-sustaining local populations in the near future appears to be declining rapidly. This new report maps restoration-protection opportunities for these woodland caribou in the territory of the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee). |
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Conservation-type areas in the Draft Lower Athabasca Regional Plan, Alberta:
Implications for whooping crane and woodland caribou |
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| 22-September-11 |
| The Alberta Government's recently announced Draft Lower Athabasca Regional Plan 2011-2021 allocates much more area to oil sands leases than to conservation areas for whooping cranes and woodland caribou, according to a report issued today by Global Forest Watch Canada. |
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Nova Scotia's Proposed Chignecto Wilderness Areas: Are They Capturing Intact Forest Landscapes? |
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| 28-July-11 |
| Global Forest Watch Canada provides comments on the Nova Scotia government's proposed boundaries for the Kelley River and Raven Head Candidate Wilderness Areas in the Chignecto region. We found that the Chignecto region is the only area in the province with more than 20,000 ha of intact forest landscapes not having a core protected area. The two candidate wilderness areas protect a significant portion of the intact forest landscapes in the Chignecto area, but additional adjacent intact forest landscapes still remain unprotected, including a substantial amount on crown land. |
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Mapping Disturbances and Restoration-Protection Opportunities for Woodland Caribou within the James Bay Region of Northern Québec:
Part 1. Mapping Disturbances |
Read the Press Release (English | French)
Download the Report (English | French)
Download Appendix B (Process documentation) |
| 14-July-11 |
| According to new research by Global Forest Watch Canada, critical woodland caribou habitat in the James Bay region of northern Québec is being rapidly impacted by roads and logging. We conducted this study because the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) expressed concerns about the potential devastating effects of proposed forestry road construction and other industrial developments on woodland caribou within their traditional territory. At the current increasing rate of industrial disturbances in combination with forest fires, the prospect of these caribou supporting self-sustaining local populations in the near future appears to be declining rapidly. |
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Migration of whooping cranes (Grus americana) through Alberta's bitumen sands region |
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| 11-July-11 |
| This report maps historical records of whooping crane flight paths and landing points in relation to Alberta's bitumen (oil) sands region. Whooping cranes have regularly flown over and landed within Alberta's oil sands region. Their migration route intersects with areas leased to and developed by oil sands companies, including the surface mineable area and its associated facilities, mine pits and tailings ponds. Several factors present in the oil sands region, including exposure to tailings ponds, poses a threat to the survival and recovery of the Canadian wild whooping crane population. |
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Canada's Terrestrial Protected Areas Status Report 2010: Number, Area and "Naturalness" |
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| 29-June-11 |
| Global Forest Watch Canada presents the final version of our report: Canada's Terrestrial Protected Areas Status Report 2010: Number, Area and Naturalness. The study found that Canada has set aside only 8.5 percent (84.5 million hectares) of its land mass in permanent protected areas. This is more than four percent lower than the global average of 12.9 percent and more than six percent lower than the United States at 14.8 percent. The report also offers the first assessment of some of the significant recent progress in protecting Canada's wilderness between 2000 and 2010, the first decade of the 21st century. |
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Anthropogenic and Fire Disturbances in Woodland Caribou Herd Ranges in the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan Area, Alberta
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| 21-June-11 |
| This new satellite-based analysis of industrial disturbances within threatened woodland caribou herds in the area of the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan documents that the prospects of these herds supporting self-sustaining populations in the near future appear to be declining rapidly due primarily to oil sands developments. |
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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Increase in Athabasca River Delta Sediment: Temporal Trends and Environmental Correlates |
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| 5-May-11 |
| A new study, published in a prestigious science journal, Environmental Science and Technology, by scientist Dr. Kevin Timoney and Global Forest Watch Canada's Executive Director, Peter Lee, documents that a group of toxic compounds known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), are increasing in the Athabasca River sediments and are linked to Alberta's bitumen industries. |
| Contacts: |
Dr. Kevin Timoney: 780-922-3741 (primary)
Email: ktimoney@interbaun.com |
Peter Lee: 780-422-5989
Email: peter@globalforestwatch.ca |
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A Forest of Blue: Canada's Boreal Forest, the World's Waterkeeper |
Get the report and press materials from:
www.pewenvironment.org |
| 18-March-11 |
| A first of its kind report by the Pew Environment Group and co-authored by Peter lee and Ryan Cheng of Global Forest Watch Canada, reveals that Canada's boreal, the world's largest intact forest and on-land carbon storehouse, contains more unfrozen freshwater than any other ecosystem. As United Nations' International Year of Forests and World Water Day coincide, world leaders are grappling with water scarcity and pollution - and scientists are calling boreal protection a top global priority. |
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Castle Area Forest Land Use Zone: Linear Disturbances, Access Densities and Grizzly Bear Habitat Security Areas |
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Download the Appendix (Field check photographs) |
| 09-March-11 |
| This report examines linear disturbances in the Castle Area Forest Land Use Zone of southwestern Alberta and analyzes these disturbances for: their use by motorized vehicles; the Government of Alberta's management and policy intentions compared to actual use by motorized vehicles, and; their potential impact on key grizzly bear areas. |
