Ottawa, July 9, 2010 – The health of wildlife and biodiversity is uneven in Canada’s national and provincial parks, says a new report prepared by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS).

In some cases species are at risk of dying out and biodiversity is faltering because habitat has not been adequately protected. In others, good progress has been made to protect wildlife.

TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2010, Montreal, Canada – Today 21 member companies of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), and nine leading environmental organizations unveiled an unprecedented agreement that applies to 72 million hectares of public forests licensed to FPAC members, 16 million hectares of which is in Quebec.

Ottawa, April 21 2010 – On the eve of Earth Day, human-sized herds are converging in downtown locations across Canada today to highlight the need to protect the iconic yet nationally threatened woodland caribou’s remaining habitat in Canada’s Boreal forests and wetlands.

Reinstatement of 459 hectares in the National Park of Mont-Orford

Montreal, March 24, 2010 - It is with great satisfaction that CPAWS welcomes Quebec’s Bill 90 concerning Mont-Orford National Park, which provides, notably, reinstatement of 459 acres taken from the park in 2006. CPAWS Quebec congratulates Minister Beauchamp for the filing of this bill. Not only does it correct a historical error, but also the final recognition of the importance that Quebecers give to the protection of their natural environments.

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Op-Ed
Montreal, December 3, 2009.

Ever heard of the Tursujuq national park project? Located east of Hudson Bay in Nunavik, it is set to become no less than the largest national park in Québec, following the upcoming official announcement by the Charest government. Only then will the final park boundaries be known, and at the same time, the fate of the majestic Nastapoka River.

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CPAWS and other Conservation Groups Make Case to UN World Heritage Committee

Calgary, Alta—Leading conservation groups briefed reporters at 1 p.m. today in Calgary, before heading to Fernie, B.C., to advise UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee mission on threats to Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. The media briefing provided reporters with an advance look at the case being presented to these international experts, exposing alarming mining and energy proposals in the adjacent Flathead River Valley in British Columbia.

Ottawa, June 9 - The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is celebrating the historic announcement today by Environment Minister Jim Prentice and DehCho First Nations Grand Chief Gerald Antoine of the final boundaries for the greatly expanded Nahanni National Park Reserve in the Northwest Territories.