Preserve the Heart of the Boreal Forest
For thousands of years, the Poplar River First Nation has relied on the trees, plants and wildlife of its traditional lands in the Canadian boreal forest for food, medicine and the survival of its cultural beliefs and traditions. Today, though, proposals for industrial development loom over this stretch of rugged granite cliffs, dense evergreen woods and tranquil marshlands on the eastern shore of Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba.
The Poplar River First Nation completed a land use plan in 2005 and formally asked for permanent protection of its territory last March. Yet despite repeated promises to protect Poplar River's lands -- an area nominated as a U.N. World Heritage site -- Manitoba officials have failed to act.
Demand that Manitoba's premier act immediately to protect this irreplaceable old-growth forest.
http://www.savebiogems.org/boreal/takeaction
The Poplar River First Nation completed a land use plan in 2005 and formally asked for permanent protection of its territory last March. Yet despite repeated promises to protect Poplar River's lands -- an area nominated as a U.N. World Heritage site -- Manitoba officials have failed to act.
Demand that Manitoba's premier act immediately to protect this irreplaceable old-growth forest.
http://www.savebiogems.org/boreal/takeaction
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