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Canada 'Very Happy' With Lack Of Firm Commitments At Environmental Summit

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 08.22.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The huge Rio de Janeiro summit on sustainable development is drawing to a messy close and the end results mean Canada does not have to lift a...

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Can a Single B.C. Forest Change the World?

Jens Wieting | Posted 08.22.2012 | Canada
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Currently, half of the Great Bear Rainforest remains open to logging. The recommendation to set aside 70 per cent of the natural old-growth forest has yet to be implemented. It's not just in BC, but globally that many agreements to protect the earth must be realized. Hopefully, at the Earth Summit in Rio, Canada can lead the way.

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