Former Foes Unite for Historic Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement
Some are calling it “the world’s largest conservation agreement.”
On Tuesday, Canada’s leading pulp and paper companies, in unprecedented partnership with nine environmental groups, announced the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement, which calls for ground-breaking environmental standards of forest management and conservation, protecting species at risk and action on climate change.
The historic agreement covers more than 72 million hectares of public forests licensed to FPAC member companies across Canada. It specifically recognizes the shared role that governments, industry and environmentalists play in protecting and sustainably managing the Boreal Forest.
