- Signatures: 1,331
- Goal: 4,000
- Deadline: 3-31-2007
In February 2006, the Great Bear Rainforest Agreement was announced to the world by B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell. The agreement had two cornerstones: a protected areas package and a commitment to bold new logging practices, known as Ecosystem-based Management. Under the deal, 4.4 million acres (1.8 million hectares)—nearly twice as large as Yellowstone National Park—is off limits to loggers and largely closed to mining exploration.
This agreement is now at risk as several key terms are not being met, making the future of the Great Bear Rainforest far from being secure. Currently, much of the Great Bear Rainforest is still subject to clearcutting, sport hunting, fish farming and mining. Increased protection will be required on the central and north coast if biodiversity is to be safeguarded in this globally significant region.
Please urge Premier Campbell to ensure the preservation of the magnificent fauna, including the rare white Spirit Bear and this gorgeous temperate rainforest habitat by supporting the Great Bear Rainforest campaign. For More Information please visit the Spirit Bear Youth Coalition website at www.spiritbearyouth.org. Although there is no affiliation between this petition and The Spirit Bear Youth Coalition, their website provides a lot of great information.
Learn More About The Great Bear Rainforest (includes video)
Please also sign Campaign To Red List the Kermode Bear Petition
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | State | Country | Respectable Comments Are Much More Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,331 | 6:51 am PDT, Oct 21 | Ms. | Barbara Willis | Canada | The Great Bear Rainforest is the home of the Spirit Bear, a rare, white bear and this area is one of the rarest on our planet. It is inexcuseable to allow hunting in this pristine area let alone any logging. Mankind has really sunk low - it seems to want to destroy everything of beauty and in nature. If any of you have children you should be severely ashamed. We should be saving some wild places and wild animals for our children's children. Shame on all of you. | |
| 1,330 | 10:15 am PDT, Sep 22 | Ms. | Alexandra Wood | Canada | ||
| 1,329 | 6:23 am PDT, Jul 20 | Ms. | Jenne Finley | Canada | I have been in awe of this place since I first heard of it when I was about nine years old. I consider it a sacred site, and it should be treated as such, and not just another place to be exploited. | |
| 1,328 | 12:02 pm PDT, Jul 19 | Ms. | Angie Whiteman | United Kingdom | ||
| 1,327 | 9:31 am PDT, Jun 25 | Ms. | carly crosby | Michigan | United States | |
| 1,326 | 1:13 am PDT, Jun 22 | Ms. | Amanda Taylor | Florida | United States | |
| 1,325 | 4:51 pm PDT, May 16 | Samantha Raftery | Canada | I am a BC resident and am ashamed that trophy hunting is allowed to go on. Hunters only bring in a fraction of the money that bear watchers generate. With species being decimated globally, I would really like to see a leader take the initiative and do the right and moral thing and stop the slaughter of our wildlife. | ||
| 1,324 | 12:41 pm PDT, May 11 | Ms. | Judy Marston | Canada | I am a BC Resident and, since the other Great Bear Rainforest petition is now closed (apparently ... even though I just heard their ad on the radio)... I do want to state my concerns over this issue and demonstrate my displeasure at the possibility of such a thing occurring. | |
| 1,323 | 10:19 am PDT, Apr 26 | Mr. | Anonymous | Canada | ||
| 1,322 | 10:43 am PDT, Apr 11 | Mr. | Matthieu Soudet | France | ||
| 1,321 | 1:40 pm PDT, Mar 23 | Ms. | madelyn dustyhorn | Canada | i think that the Spirit bears should be protected, the only ppl can do that is the human people,why do we make our animals suffer money is not the only thing that matters,should these bears be extinct forever,is the world so cruel to let our beatiful bears who are dieing to survive look in their eyes | |
| 1,320 | 5:55 pm PDT, Mar 22 | kris wirth | Idaho | United States | Please protect protect bear habitat and wilderness for bears and humans as well.[You do`nt know what you had until it`s gone]. | |
| 1,319 | 2:41 pm PST, Mar 3 | Colleen Bell | Washington | United States | ||
| 1,318 | 7:32 pm PST, Feb 11 | Ms. | Nikki Parker | Virginia | United States | |
| 1,317 | 6:18 pm PST, Dec 28 | Mr. | Colin Pearshouse | Australia | ||
| 1,316 | 8:10 am PST, Dec 28 | Ms. | tourtier agnes | France | ||
| 1,315 | 9:29 am PST, Dec 22 | Mrs. | susan edwards | United Kingdom | I have visited Canada twice and was lucky enough to see Grizzly bears in the wild, although I live in the UK I am deeply concerned about the preservation of this wild and beautiful place and it's incredible wild life. | |
| 1,313 | 10:25 pm PDT, Oct 18 | Ms. | Elizabeth Atwater | California | United States | |
| 1,312 | 5:12 pm PDT, Oct 16 | Ms. | Kaitlyn Lewis | New Jersey | United States | Currently, I have been doing a research project for my college on the conservation of this area and I have come to see that this area is amazingly beautiful. Not only that, but so many different species depend on this area for breeding, housing, and food including the beautiful endangered Kermode bear. I do not see this rainforest being able to handle much more destruction and it needs to be stopped. |
| 1,311 | 6:13 am PDT, Aug 12 | Ms. | Kim Heudt | Belgium | ||
| 1,310 | 3:02 pm PDT, Jul 29 | Elke Lewis | Canada | |||
| 1,309 | 12:21 pm PDT, Jul 27 | greta malkotzoglou | Greece | |||
| 1,308 | 8:24 pm PDT, Jul 22 | Ms. | Kasha Herba | Canada | ||
| 1,307 | 2:56 pm PDT, Apr 30 | Rachel Tuck | Oregon | United States | We can all make a difference. Please take action! | |
| 1,306 | 2:22 pm PDT, Apr 28 | Mr. | JAMES SULLIVAN | Illinois | United States | |
| 1,305 | 5:03 pm PDT, Apr 25 | DANIELLE BENNETT | Michigan | United States | ||
| 1,304 | 1:48 pm PDT, Apr 14 | Ms. | Ali Blevins | Texas | United States | |
| 1,303 | 9:51 am PDT, Mar 30 | Ms. | Nancy Lion-Storm | California | United States | |
| 1,302 | 6:46 am PDT, Mar 10 | Mr. | Matthew Phelan | New Jersey | United States | |
| 1,301 | 3:41 pm PDT, Mar 9 | Mr. | James Phelan | New Jersey | United States | There is room for Nature's Greatness. I do not think our country would be any poorer if we had left every fourth tree during the early logging days or still allowed more than token herds of buffalo to roam the Northern Plains or left an island like Princess Royal alone & undisturbed for Science & Tourism. |
Campaign to Protect the Great Bear Rainforest
On Feb 7, 2006 a coalition of four leading environmental groups, along with industry leaders and indigenous groups, celebrated success after a decade long campaign to protect the globally unique Great Bear Rainforest. The long awaited government announcement protecting one third of the Great Bear Rainforest from logging and requiring the use of more sustainable logging practices for the remaining area had finally become a reality. This agreement also set a new precedent for decision making for local indigenous groups (First Nations), giving them the right to define what happens on their land.
This agreement is now at risk because a cornerstone of the agreement, Ecosystem-based Management, is faltering. Without this up and running, logging decisions are being made on a piecemeal basis. Today, logging threatens the future of ecologically important areas creating uncertainty in the Great Bear Rainforest – it is time to get down to work and act on these agreements.
Equally important, is the conservation of the rare (pure white) kermode bear. Biologists estimate a population of 1,200 spirit bears --of which only 400 are white phased.
Much of the spirit bear's historic territory is already logged, from River's Inlet at the south end of its range, to the Nass Valley in the north, and east up the Skeena River as far as Hazelton. On the mid-coast, large areas of the islands where the Kermode bears live – Princess Royal, Gribbell, Roderick and Pooley – have already been logged. The spirit bear's traditional home is already much diminished. The logging industry has extracted substantial commercial value from the range of the spirit bear even as the provincial government planning process was proceeding!
Please assure us that the government is taking steps to put these protections in place for the preservation of this most rare and beautiful forest and it's inhabitants.
Sincerely, The undersigned.
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