Politicians persuaded to save Canada boreal forest

By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Politicians actually listened when experts told them to protect Canada’s boreal forest, a potent weapon against global warming, and the plan for this vast green area could work on some of the world’s other vital places, scientists told Reuters.
Bigger than the Amazon and better than almost anywhere else [...]

Judge: Province failed in duty to consult First Nations on removal of lands from TFL

Shayne Morrow, Canwest News Service
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled the province fell critically short in its obligation to consult and accommodate Hupacasath First Nation in the removal of 70,000 hectares of privately owned timberland from Tree Farm Licence 44.
In a December 2005 court decision, Justice Lynn Smith gave the Ministry of Forests two [...]