Pétition pr la protection de la forêt canadienne

Pour protéger la Grande Forêt des Ours au Canada, signez la pétition. Il suffit d'indiquer vos coordonnées et ainsi une lettre (fax) est adressée avec ces dernières au Premier Campbell (Premier ministre, je suppose??)
Merci!

http://www.forestethics.org/action.php?action=5

Pour ceux qui sont intéressés par la lettre en anglais...

Thank you for caring about the Great Bear Rainforest.

The Great Bear Rainforest stretches north from Vancouver Island up to Alaska, encompassing 21 million acres, and represents one-quarter of the remaining coastal temperate rainforest left on earth.

10 years ago, the Great Bear Rainforest was on the chopping block. In the late 1990’s, concern over the fate of these forests resulted in protests, blockades, and finally international marketplace pressure to force change and end the conflict. At that time, when environmentalists first sat down with local communities, labour unions, the logging industry, and the mining industry, 7% of the region was protected and the majority of participants at the planning table were saying no to any new parks. Now, the proposed agreements would stop logging in 5 million acres of rainforest or 33% of the Central and North Coast regions. In addition, Haida Gwaii will also see over 43% of its land base protected, for a total of 1.1 million acres. This would be the largest temperate rainforest protection decision in Canadian history.

There is plenty of rainforest outside the system of protected areas. In order to ensure we protect the ecological integrity of these forests, the agreements include a commitment to Ecosystem-based Management, which dictates that 70% of the rainforest must be maintained as old growth. This includes riparian protection, cedar cultural zones and other ecological standards.

To be successful in the Great Bear Rainforest and Haida Gwaii, solutions must go beyond preserving lands and protecting ecological integrity—they must also respect indigenous cultures and strengthen local economies. These agreements will bring significant investment dollars (over $110 million) for aboriginal communities so they can diversify their local economy away from an industrial extraction model, and funds to support locals who will act as strong stewards for their traditional lands. This will ease the pressure to use resources for short term gain to address the over 80% unemployment rates they face in their communities.

Also, integral to these agreements is a commitment to a new relationship between the provincial government and indigenous people, allowing for a more just approach to land-use decisions for indigenous people in this region.

These agreements present a rare opportunity to establish a world-class land-use model that combines economic opportunities and aboriginal aspirations along with conservation and community development, sustaining the entire region’s ecosystem and the communities within it as a single, unbroken whole. Please support these agreements.

http://www.forestethics.org/action.php?action=5

Sincerely,
ForestEthics

C'est fait.