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Forest Action Network
campaigns to save the Great Bear Rainforest, the largest remaining expanse of coastal temperate rainforest left in the world
Added: Jan. 16, 2001 | Rate It
Fraser Headwaters Alliance
http://www.fraserheadwaters.org/
protecting Canadian wilderness and biodiversity in the headwaters of BC's Fraser River
Added: Dec. 20, 2001 | Rate It
Friends of Clayoquot Sound (FOCS)
community-based organization based in British Columbia that works to protect the biological diversity of ancient temperate rainforests and the wild ocean - with a radical, non-violent style
Added: Nov. 15, 2003 | Rate It
Friends of Ecological Reserves
raises awareness, provides information and supports eco-reserves - permanent sanctuaries to preserve natural ecosystems and rare and endangered plant and animal species - in British Columbia, Canada
Added: Sep. 25, 2002 | Rate It
Grasslands Conservation Council of British Columbia (GCC)
http://www.bcgrasslands.org/home.htm?RD=1
dedicated to preserving, protecting and promoting the grasslands of British Columbia
Added: Mar. 12, 2002 | Rate It
Greenpeace Canada
http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/
uses nonviolent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems, including protecting biodiversity in all its forms
Added: Feb. 08, 2001 | Rate It
Manitoba Wildlands
http://www.manitobawildlands.org/
supports establishment of protected areas in Manitoba, with a special focus on our boreal forest regions, and provides regional, national, and international climate change, forest protection, and land use planning information
Added: Jul. 20, 2007 | Rate It
Markets Initiative
http://www.marketsinitiative.org/
a project of several Canadian environmental groups that works with Canadian companies to help them develop environmentally sound wood and paper purchasing policies
Added: Jan. 29, 2001 | Rate It
Nature Conservancy of Canada
http://www.natureconservancy.ca/site/PageServer?pagename=ncc_main
dedicated to preserving ecologically significant natural areas, places of special beauty and educational interest through outright purchase, donations and conservation agreements
Added: Feb. 05, 2001 | Rate It
Nature Saskatchewan: Education, Conservation & Research
works to protect Saskatchewan, Canada's native species and natural ecosystems; promoting the appreciation and understanding of our natural environment through education, conservation and research
Added: Mar. 18, 2002 | Rate It
Nova Scotia Nature Trust, The
seeks to protect significant natural areas on private land; working at the community level to preserve lands of local, regional, or provincial significance
Added: Jun. 26, 2002 | Rate It
Oil (Tar) Sands of Canada, The
http://www.oilsandsofcanada.com/
an educational presentation about the oil sands of Canada; a slide show designed for all who are interested in oil as a source of energy, and those who recognize the often-destructive connection between energy and the environment
Added: Feb. 05, 2008 | Rate It
Raincoast Conservation Society
works to protect the Great Bear Rainforest in the temperate rainforests of Canada
Added: Jan. 18, 2001 | Rate It
Saskatchewan Environmental Society
http://www.environmentalsociety.ca/
committed to maintaining the integrity of Saskatchewan's forests, farmlands and natural prairie landscapes and building sustainable communities including promoting renewable energy
Added: Feb. 11, 2001 | Rate It
Save Ontario's Species
http://www.environmentaldefence.ca/sos/
a campaign by Environmental Defence calling on the provincial government to live up to its commitment to renew Ontario's outdated Endangered Species Act in order to avoid a province-wide extinction crisis
Added: Mar. 02, 2006 | Rate It
Save The Goat River!
Canadian campaign to stop logging that threatens one of the last undeveloped watersheds in the headwaters of BC's mighty Fraser River, causing concern for salmon, mountain caribou, grizzly bear and other wildlife
Added: Dec. 20, 2001 | Rate It
Save the Great Bear Rainforest
http://www.savethegreatbear.org/
coalition of environmental groups advocating conservation and economic alternatives to industrial logging in British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest and Haida Gwaii (the Queen Charlotte Islands)
Added: Apr. 27, 2002 | Rate It
Sierra Club BC
works to preserve B.C.’s imperilled wilderness and wildlife, and to ensure that B.C. is a global leader when it comes to tackling climate change
Added: Feb. 11, 2001 | Rate It
Species at Risk Act
http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/default_e.cfm
gateway to information and documents relating to the endangered species in Canada
Added: Sep. 20, 2005 | Rate It
Sustained Yield
http://www.pacificfringe.net/sustainedyield/
a critical look at the idea of "Sustained Yield" which is the focus of professional forestry, with a special focus on liquidation/conversion projects in British Columbia, Canada
Added: Feb. 08, 2001 | Rate It
The National Atlas of Canada Online
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/index.html
responsible for the development and maintenance of an authoritative synthesis of information on the geography and natural resources of Canada
Added: Jan. 17, 2002 | Rate It
Through the Trees: The Truth Behind Logging in Canada
http://utcare.sa.utoronto.ca/resources/PAPER_Greenpeace_BorealReport.pdf
damning report regarding the rate of destruction of Canadian boreal forests, the largest wilderness forest left in North America (pdf)
Added: Oct. 21, 2003 | Rate It
Valhalla Wilderness Society
works in British Columbia, Canada both for the establishment of protected parks to attain better forest practices outside of parks
Added: Oct. 19, 2005 | Rate It
Western Canada Wilderness Committee (WCWC)
http://www.wildernesscommittee.org/
works for the preservation of Canadian and international wilderness through research and grassroots education
Added: Jan. 26, 2001 | Rate It
Wildlands League
http://www.wildlandsleague.org/
dedicated to the protection of Ontario's wilderness and natural areas
Added: Jan. 17, 2001 | Rate It
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