Final agreement reached for B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest

Today, the Premier of British Columbia announced the results of final negotiations for the Great Bear Rainforest agreement. The deal, more than a decade in the making, doubles the amount of temperate, old-growth forest that will be designated off-limits to logging. The agreement is a global model for sustainable development, and the conservation measures--for what now represents the world's largest swath of coastal temperate rainforest--are being heralded as a gift for future generations.

Read the Rainforest Solutions Project press release here. 

Early media highlights:

• Terrace Standard, "Coastal rainforest pact to be made law."
• The Globe and Mail, "Final agreement reached to protect B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest."
• National Observer, "Premier Clark announces landmark Great Bear Rainforest agreement."
• Reuters, "Historic deal to protect Canada rainforest from logging."
• CBC, "Great Bear Rainforest agreement creates 'a gift to the world."

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