Caribou got a big boost in Ontario, and so did you!
Aug 12, 2008
On July 14, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced that 225,000 km2 of northern Boreal forest would be protected through a land use planning process. That's an area roughly the size of the United Kingdom!
You also got a big boost because the plan will also help in the fight against climate change. Woodland caribou habitats are carbon-rich ecosystems and Ontario's plan states that "priority will be given to protect lands with key ecological features such as habitat for endangered species or important carbon sinks."
CPAWS is now looking to other provinces and territories to follow Ontario's leadership and help us move towards our goal of protecting fifty percent of Canada's public wilderness. We're also hoping that Ontario will show the same leadership in protecting woodland caribou and carbon-rich ecosystems in the southern Boreal, which is under current threat from logging and mining.
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