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CHINA/US: Boreal Water Collection agrees Soho Corp tie-up
2014-09-15 16:40:43| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Boreal Water Collection, the US private label bottled water firm, has agreed a US$24m deal with Soho Corp to supply the Chinese firm's domestic market.
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Canada's boreal forests are burning releasing loads of carbon
2014-07-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
High Country News: Rumbling afternoon thundershowers are breaking over the Southwest, bringing gratitude and sweet relief not that the region needed much relieving this year. Bouts of cool, wet weather throughout early summer helped stave off the conflagrations predicted to erupt after a dry winter, and by mid-July, most areas had already been deluged by a full months worth of rainfall. In other words, summer monsoon season has extinguished any lingering fears that 2014 would be a bad fire year. In a word, fire...
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Ignoring boreal forests could speed up global warming
2014-06-04 19:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Greenhouse gas emissions from human activity have caused global air and sea surface temperatures to rise approximately 0.8 Celsius (1.4 degrees Fahrenheit) since the beginning of the 20th century, contributing to a plethora of problems worldwide from rising sea levels to desertification. A new study published in Conversation Letters finds that global temperatures may start to increase even faster if more is not done to protect Earths boreal forests. Boreal forests, or taiga, are forests of cold-adapted...
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The Boreal is for the birds
2014-05-17 04:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Winnipeg Free Press: One to three billion birds flock to the North American boreal forest each spring to find habitat for summer breeding, and their lives depend on the forest being there for them. A new study concludes that Canada must preserve at least half of its wilderness if bird populations are to thrive. That amounts to at least 283 million hectares of the 600 million hectares of forest that stretch from Alaska to Newfoundland, with Manitoba at the heart of it. The North American boreal forest, encompassing...
Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement launches new campaign featuring giant boreal map
2013-10-07 11:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Green Pages: The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) Secretariat launched its On the Move campaign with the unveiling of a giant map of the boreal forest that will tour Canada to showcase the unprecedented Agreement between the forest industry and environmental organizations. The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement is the largest conservation initiative of its kind in the world. Its only fitting you should have a large canvas to illustrate it, said CBFA Executive Director Aran OCarroll. The map really...
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