Heart of the Boreal Campaign Heats Up |
13 May 04 |
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) BioGem Campaign targeting the 'Heart of the Boreal' in Manitoba and Ontario is heating up. Working in cooperation with indigenous communities and other environmental groups including Manitoba Wildlands and the CPAWS-Wildlands League, Boreal Forest Network, and NRDC, a U.S.-based environmental organization, is asking the Ontario and Manitoba provincial governments to protect and conserve Canada's globally significant boreal forest.The BioGem Campaign allows visitors to express their views in support of protecting the boreal forest in this region and send letters of support through the NRDC web site. As a BioGem, the Heart of the Boreal receives year-round attention in the form of new opportunities for action each month. The first request for support, which asked visitors to the site to send a letter to the CEO of Manitoba Hydro, generated 17,630 letters. The current action allows visitors to send a letter to Manitoba Conservation Minister Stan Struthers, calling for the extension of protected status for Poplar/Nanowin Rivers Park Reserve, a First Nation located in the Heart of the Boreal. So far, 20,940 letters of support have been sent! View the NRDC Heart of the Boreal BioGem campaign Send a letter to Manitoba's Conservation Minister from the BioGem Campaign View the NRDC website View previous news item on the Heart of the Boreal BioGem View the Manitoba Wildlands 'Take Action' on the Heart of the Boreal |
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