Boreal Forests in Crisis

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Date Written:  1992-02-01
Publisher:  Connexions Information Sharing Services, Toronto, Canada
Year First Published:  1991
Year Published:  1992
Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX4349

Canada's assault on the Boreal forest rivals Brazil's exploitation of the Amazon. In both countries governments and multinational corporations are scheming to clear-cut forests for short-term profit. They treat rivers as sewers, poison the fish and drive aboriginal peoples from their ancestral lands.

Subject Headings

• Boreal Forest Ecology
• Boreal Forests
• Clearcut Logging
• Forest Industry
• Forests
• Water Pollution