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Frontier forests 8,000 years ago... Frontier forests today... Source: World Resources Institute at http://www.wri.org/wri/
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April 30, 2004
# Welcome The Canadian Boreal Initiative is working with a wide range of conservation organizations, First Nations, industry and other interested parties to link science, policy and conservation activities in Canada's boreal forest. Read more
## What's New? CBI supports Senate motion to expand Nahanni park reserve The CBI and Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society welcome Senator's call to preserve entire South Nahanni Watershed. Read more in the Newsroom » |
Canadian Geographic features boreal Visit Canadian Geographic's web site and check out the excellent articles on First Nations people, the boreal forest's importance to birds, and its inspiration to our country's best known artists -- the Group of Seven. There's also a side bar about the Boreal Forest Conservation Framework.
| The CBI's long-term vision is to safeguard the balance of nature for all time in Canada's boreal forest through:
|  | an interconnected network of large-scale protected areas and conservation lands;
|  | state-of-the-art sustainable development practices on the remainder of the landscape; and
|  | local community and First Nations engagement in land management decisions.
| Boreal forest ecosystems contain the largest expanse of freshwater wetlands in the world. [MORE FACTS] |