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Jul. 3: Canada Becomes Unlikely World Leader in Forest Conservation >

May 18: Activists, Timber Outfits Strike Deal on Boreal Forests > 

May 18: Forestry companies reach environmental deal > 

Apr. 26: World Forest Cover Shrinking: Report > 

Apr. 9: Vermont, Quebec Groups to Study Hydro-Quebec Impacts > 

Apr. 8: New Northern National Park a Step Closer > 

Mar. 1: Progress and Peril in the Boreal Forest > 

Feb. 5: Huge New National Park Announced for Labrador > 

Feb. 5: Yukon Puts 1-year Moratorium on Peel Watershed Staking >

Feb. 3: Traditional Aboriginal Knowledge is Critical to Conservation > 

Jan. 6: Protecting Boreal Newfoundland and Labrador > 

2009 

Dec. 15: Climate Talks Near Deal to Save Forests > 

Dec. 13: Under the Icy North Lurks a 'Carbon Bomb' > 

Nov. 12: Group Urges Protection of Northern Forests > 

Oct. 13: First Nations UNESCO bid gets $10M > 

Oct. 2: Boreal forest losses worsen Alberta oilsands emissions: study >

Sep. 12: Maine, Quebec aim to save forests amid fiscal pressure >

Sep. 10: 500 scientists call on Quebec to follow through on Boreal protection > 

Aug. 28: Caribou, carbon and our common future > 

Aug. 6: Deal expected to protect Quebec forests > 

Jul. 13: Harper stumbles in face of global water crisis >

Jun. 12: Caribou Populations Dwindling Worldwide >

Jun. 9: Nahanni National Park Expansion Tabled, Expected to Pass > 

Jun. 2: Ontario Introduces Legislation to Protect Boreal Forest >

Apr. 30: Ontario Introduces Legislation to Change Free Entry Mining System >

Apr. 14: Prentice Announces New Protected Areas in NWT > 

Apr. 10: Report Finds Boreal Caribou Herds Dying Off >

Mar. 30: Quebec Announces New Parks, Working Toward 50% Promise > 

Mar. 19: State of the Birds Report Finds Many Species in Decline >

Feb. 10: Audubon Report Finds Many Bird Species Moving North due to Warming >

2008 

Dec. 2: Report Finds Millions of Birds could be Lost if Tar Sands Continues >

Nov. 20: International Boreal Conservation Science Panel Announced:

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July 21: International Scientists Praise Ontario Commitment

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July 14: Ontario Government Announces 225,000 Square Kilometers of Boreal will be Protected >

May 14: IBCC Releases Report on Mining in the Boreal > 

2007

December 8, 2007: Maps Reveal Carbon Vault in Canada's Boreal Forest >

November 21, 2007: Canada Protects Over 25 Million Acres of Boreal Forest >