Global News - November 2007
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Canada to establish 25.5m acre conservation areas
Fri 23 November 2007 13:35 UK — North America,Other
Canada has announced plans to set aside 25.5 million acres of land in the north of the country as conservation reserves, in a move that will help protect large parts of an area containing almost 77 per cent of its forest.
The protection of two areas in the Canadian Northwest Territories will involve the creation of an 8.3 million acre national park, as well as designating 15 million acres as a conservation area to be managed by native groups.
Other areas of the country's Boreal Forest to be covered by the proposals include a new 3.7 million acre wildlife area near the town of Fort Good Hope.
Announcing the decision, Federal Environment Minister John Baird described the move as "truly, a gigantic conservation initiative, not just in Canadian history but indeed around the world."
He added that the government was "withdrawing massive areas from industrial development to protect some of the most impressive ecological and cultural wonders in the North for generations to come."
The newly protected land is home to one of the largest caribou populations in the world, CTV reported, as well as several rare species of fish and plant life.
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