Taking Action for the Boreal Forest; A Look Back

For more than seven years, the Greenpeace forest campaign has sought to stop the on-going destruction of Canada's Boreal forest and woodland caribou habitat. On top of directly engaging destructive forest companies with boycotts and actions, Greenpeace published several reports detailing destructive on-the-ground forest practices, and their impacts, the link between climate change and Boreal Forest destruction and the connections between global forest products, logging companies, and customers. In August 2009, Greenpeace and Kimberly-Clark reached a historic agreement, ending the international Kleercut.net campaign ( http://www.kleercut.net ). Kimberly-Clark announced a new environmental paper policy and committed to use wood from sustainable sources while protecting the most ecologically important areas of forests globally. Today, Greenpeace along with the companies of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and 8 other leading environmental organizations, unveils an unprecedented accord - the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement covering more than 72 million hectares of public forests, an area twice the size of Germany, licensed to FPAC member companies across Canada. The agreement when fully implemented will result in the large-scale conservation of Canada's vast Boreal forest, protection of threatened woodland caribou and a competitive market edge for participating companies.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• boreal forest
• greenpeace
• caribou
• deforestation

[tigger2212]

Very good video! I loved it so much! Shared it on facebook, I liked it so much! Made me so emotional!

[ontheroad2007]

Greenpeace and the NGOs have hung the entire native population of Canada out to dry. Clearcuts will still happen, but Canadians will have license to ignore them since their favorite enviros have declared that it's all good. The voices of the trees, and of the bears, lynx, caribou etc. and the First Nations people who depend on the forests, cannot possibly scream louder than the thunderous applause being heaped on this deal by the corporate media.

[salisical]

I support greenpeace, do you

[AZDvideoproduction]

*good job guys

[Ginesa123]

I like the music; it's uplifting and positive. good work ! :-)

[fusion01wp]

@fusion01wp meant than *without* greenpeace :)

[fusion01wp]

@keithmlarsen Yeah there's too much general cussing on Youtube which does no good. I'm also cynical, just like you - one has every right to be in this day and age of exploitation and corruption, but I truly believe the world would be a much poorer place in every regard than Greenpeace. If you're after an organisation on the front-lines without both the need for these sort of antics, check out the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. But they're both important, whichever the approach.

[keithmlarsen]

@fusion01wp I appreciate the intelligent response- I was a bit provoking in my message and thank you for not responding in kind-

[keithmlarsen]

@Okapi1997, I'll admit that a part of me really enjoys messing with greenpeace lemmings.  Of course I like trees, but what were they doing wrong then?

[Okapi1997]

@keithmlarsen This is about their succes, you are completely taking this in the wrong contents and for dont you dare say "go to hell you pathetic little people"! Your obviously to lazy and stupid to get off your fat arse and learn what exactly is going on, you want video's to spoon feed the information to you like the shit hole baby you are! Get off you arse and do some research!