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Rainforest Action Network greenwashes destruction of half of Ontario, Canada’s boreal forests; despite lack of any detail, and without scientific findings that doing so is ecologically sufficient

By Earth’s Newsdesk, a project of Ecological Internet
Dr. Glen Barry, +1 (920) 776-1075

(Earth) — Rainforest Action Network (RAN) of San Francisco has long been one of America’s leading rainforest campaign organizations. Yet in July their campaign to protect Ontario, Canada’s boreal forests [search] doomed half this vital global ecological system to industrial destruction. In return, RAN and other proponents received vague promises of protections over a decade from now, but no protected area boundaries or protection plans.

Canada’s boreal forests are home to hundreds of sensitive species of animals including polar bears, caribou and wolverines. Boreal forests are some of the world’s largest carbon storehouses, with holdings equal to decades of global emissions from fossil fuels, while continually absorbing new emissions. The boreal region is also the world’s largest reservoir of clean fresh water.