Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Resolute Blamed for Demise of Boreal Agreement


A three year campaign to protect the boreal forest has broken down.

Environmental groups are blaming Resolute Forest Products for the failure of the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement.

Tim Graham from the Ivey  Foundation says they put five million dollars
into the effort to protect the boreal forest in the region.

The environmental groups say instead of protecting more boreal forest in northwestern Ontario, Resolute Forest Products has been expanding its use of local woodlands.