Premier Doer Establishes Boreal Forest Conservation Legacy Before U.S. Posting
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Winnipeg, October 13, 2009 –Today, in his final days in office before becoming Canada’s Ambassador to the United States, Manitoba’s Premier Gary Doer announced a $10 million trust fund for conservation. The fund will support the on-going work of several First Nations involved in designating their Boreal homelands as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Spanning an area larger than Vancouver Island, this 40,000 square kilometre region straddling the Manitoba-Ontario border is one of the most ecologically intact Boreal forest ecosystems in the world.
