Changing economic realities and heightened public and marketplace concern over environmental issues have created both problems and opportunities for Canada’s forest industry and environmental organizations. From these challenges has come a unique collaboration between 21 major Canadian forest products companies and nine leading environmental organizations. This collaboration, called the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement, applies to more than 72 million hectares of forest from the provinces of British Columbia to Newfoundland.*Thanks to Costo for reminding me it wasn't a government initiative but one between NGO's and industry interests. My apologies.
While the future of forestry and conservation in Canada’s Boreal Forest rests primarily with governments, both industry and environmentalists have a shared responsibility to help define and realize that future.
2010-05-20
Forest Preservation Agreement
Major historic deal for the Harper government. *
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"Major Harper Government achievement"? No way, the government had nothing to do with it. It's an understanding between green NGOs and the Industry based on what the industry feels is in it's interest because of public raising demand for green products.
ReplyDeleteIt is capitalist reasoning masquarading as concern for the environment. Nevertheless it will be good for all of us, so let's rejoice, but, please, don't give credit to Harper when he had nothing to do with it. There was not even a politician at the announcement.
You may be right. I saw Prentice talking about it and normally these sort of things don't get done without government initiatives.
ReplyDeleteAfter all, it's Canada.
"It is capitalist reasoning masquarading as concern for the environment."
I don't get that. Especially right after you said it will be good. It's almost as if capitalism can never do any good. If anything, as you pointed out, it had nothing to do with the government but with industry and NGO's working together!
Which is exactly the way I like it.
So do I but the industry representative admitted that it would not have been done without the pressure3 coming from the greener industries and the burgeonong public demand.
ReplyDeleteThe environment was a pretext and made them look good, but the bottom line was their main preoccupation. They are not taking the risk Cascades took when it went ahead solo.
Thanks for that.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to pressure corporations for good reasons. The Boreal Forest is worth preserving.