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December 2010:
Global Forest Watch Canada receives Boreal Award
November 2010:
Two-thirds of Nova Scotia's intact forests lack protection: New study identifies Chignecto area among important forest conservation opportunities
October 2009:
Research Documents Pollution from Alberta's Tar Sands and Calls for the Urgent Attention of the World's Scientific Community
September 2009:
New study reveals substantial unreported quantities of greenhouse gas emissions from the oil sands in the boreal forests of Alberta, Canada
June 2009:
New Satellite-based maps reveal rapid changes to Nova Scotia's forests
April 2009:
New atlas reveals rapid disappearance of the last great intact boreal forests of Alberta
April 2009:
New maps identify industrial disturbances that threaten woodland caribou in Canada
May 2007:
New Boreal Information Centre Created for North America

Update (2011): the www.borealinfo.org website is no longer active. The Boreal Information Centre is now part of a larger data sharing project called "Data Basin" which may be accessed at www.databasin.org March 2007:
Landmark report reveals a decade of rapid change in Ontario's Boreal
February 2007:
The latest "Before and After" Satellite Imagery Reveals Striking Picture of Industrial-Caused Changes to the Pascagama Site of Québec's Boreal Forest
May 2006:
Recent Anthropogenic Changes within the Boreal Plains Ecozone of Saskatchewan and Manitoba
March 2006:
Satellite Imagery Reveals New Picture of Canada's Remaining Wild Forests
February 2006:
Satellite Imagery Reveals Striking Picture of Human-Caused Changes to Québec's Boreal Forest
July 2004:
Where Land and Waters Meet: An Assessment of Canada's Riparian Forest Management Standards
May 2004:
Forest companies increase their mill capacity to handle increased cutting in Canada's boreal forest
April 2004:
Large logging companies' control of public forest lands growing
January 2004:
New report reveals that shorelines in Canada's forested watersheds are impacted by logging practices
November 2003:
Study shows Aboriginal people are not economically benefiting from living in Canada's commercial forest
September 2003:
Satellite imagery reveals new picture of Canada's wild forests


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