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Save the Great Bear Rainforest

Target: Gordon Campbell, Premier
Sponsored by: Forest Ethics

The Great Bear Rainforest is the largest intact, unprotected coastal rainforest in the world. It is also home to one of the world's most mystical creaturesĀ—the pure white Spirit Bear.

In an historic effort, corporations and loggers have worked with environmentalists and local communities to create an agreement to protect the habitat of this magnificent creature. ItĀ’s called the Great Bear Rainforest Solution: a groundbreaking measure that outlines sustainable logging in British Columbia, CanadaĀ—and protects five million acres of rainforest from all logging.

It has taken eight years to craft this vital solution and gather support from a remarkably diverse coalition. But time is running out! The government must act to permanently protect the Great Bear by September 30, 2005Ā—as it has promised!

Please urge Premier Campbell to ensure the survival of the rare white Spirit Bears, wild salmon, and 1,000-year-old cedar of the Great Bear Rainforest by supporting the Great Bear Rainforest Solution.

deadline: 8-31-2006
goal: 10,000

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This petition has succeeded! Feb 7, 2006 — It's taken almost ten years of pressure, negotiation, tremendous effort and lots of help from you, but it's finally official: the Great Bear Rainforest Agreement has been approved by the government of British Columbia! Read more about this activist victory. Thank you for your interest. Please click here for more petitions.

Dear Premier Campbell,

I urge you to ratify the Great Bear Rainforest consensus package that was recently negotiated with First Nations. These agreements are the result of years of negotiations and planning involving many stakeholders.

These agreements require that you and your Cabinet formally and permanently protect one third of the region from logging, implement Ecosystem Based Management, and match the philanthropic money contributed to diversify local economies and broaden business opportunities in the region.

This is the one of the world’s rarest and most endangered forests and the largest unprotected coastal temperate rain forest left on Earth. The world is watching and waiting for these agreements to be ratified, as you have committed, by September 2005.

The time to act is now. Please let me know what steps your government is taking to ensure the September deadline is met.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

We signed the “Save the Great Bear Rainforest” petition!

# 11,650:

2:37 am PST, Feb 7, Fauzia S., Belgium

# 11,649:

7:53 pm PST, Feb 6, Robin Aunchman, New York

# 11,648:

3:55 pm PST, Feb 6, Elaine Secondo, Connecticut

# 11,647:

12:29 pm PST, Feb 6, Name not displayed, Ohio
WE MUST SAVE THESE WONDERFUL FORESTS AND THE CREATURES THEY INHABIT!!!!!!!

# 11,646:

9:05 am PST, Feb 6, Christopher Wolf, California

# 11,645:

8:28 am PST, Feb 6, Rain Dancer, Texas

# 11,644:

5:28 pm PST, Feb 5, Margarita On The Rocks, Nevada

# 11,643:

7:49 pm PST, Feb 4, Mary Brown, Texas

# 11,642:

7:41 pm PST, Feb 4, Val Leonard, Canada
You must protect the great Bear Reef because many animals will lose their homes . We don't need to lose this rainforest .It is endangered and needs to be protected .For our future generations .

# 11,641:

7:16 pm PST, Feb 4, Eric Whitman, New Jersey

# 11,640:

7:15 pm PST, Feb 4, Honeysucklebarb Liebowitz, New Jersey

# 11,639:

1:03 pm PST, Feb 4, Sharon Wilson, United Kingdom

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3:00 am PST, Feb 4, Emilia Boccagna, Italy

# 11,637:

7:36 pm PST, Feb 3, Katherine Estes, Virginia

# 11,636:

10:51 am PST, Feb 3, Ruth Bescript, Arizona
Not only are rainforests crucial to the planets environment - we have no business continually destroying wilderness areas.

# 11,635:

7:51 am PST, Feb 3, Margaret Davies, California
The Great Bear Rainforest is the largest intact, unprotected coastal rainforest in the world. It is also home to one of the world's most mystical creatures—the pure white Spirit Bear. In an historic effort, corporations and loggers have worked with environmentalists and local communities to create an agreement to protect the habitat of this magnificent creature. It’s called the Great Bear Rainforest Solution: a groundbreaking measure that outlines sustainable logging in British Columbia, Canada—and protects five million acres of rainforest from all logging. It has taken eight years to craft this vital solution and gather support from a remarkably diverse coalition. But time is running out! The government must act to permanently protect the Great Bear by September 30, 2005—as it has promised! Premier Campbell ensure the survival of the rare white Spirit Bears, wild salmon, and 1,000-year-old cedar of the Great Bear Rainforest by supporting the Great Bear Rainforest Solution.

# 11,634:

12:38 am PST, Feb 3, Victoria Powers, Washington

# 11,633:

9:49 pm PST, Feb 2, Jeff Hopkins, Illinois

# 11,632:

3:50 pm PST, Feb 2, Elizabeth Wolff, Arizona

# 11,631:

2:28 pm PST, Feb 2, Linda Bescript, Arizona
The destruction of rain forests is creating havoc with our environment. Besides, it's just a damn shame there are so many people who have no respect for this planet.

# 11,630:

2:05 pm PST, Feb 2, Ryan Dodson, Pennsylvania

# 11,629:

12:57 pm PST, Feb 2, Karen Reuther, Oregon
because of the impact it will have on everything

# 11,628:

9:02 am PST, Feb 2, Cathe Romano, California

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11:47 pm PST, Feb 1, Pete Malicki, Australia

# 11,626:

10:55 pm PST, Feb 1, Kryslyn Pratt, California

# 11,625:

2:14 pm PST, Feb 1, John Dziak, Pennsylvania
because of the rainforest's rich cultural, biological and wildlife heritage, and its ecological importance

# 11,624:

8:13 am PST, Feb 1, Klarabella Janssen, Netherlands
Give the habitat of this magnificent creature back, it's their home!

# 11,623:

3:58 pm PST, Jan 31, Stephen Murray, Georgia

# 11,622:

9:02 am PST, Jan 30, Halley Farber, Georgia

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7:47 am PST, Jan 30, Kathryn Majicka, North Carolina

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7:22 pm PST, Jan 29, Lizzzie Lieferink, Canada

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5:54 pm PST, Jan 29, Name not displayed, Texas

# 11,618:

2:07 pm PST, Jan 29, Diana L Coker, Washington
Primier Campbell if you and a whole lot of other poeple dont do some thing to geve wild life protection we wont have any of them left to look at so please get off your buts and make laws stireked for pocher and trapping and taking thier lives that aint right do something please thank you. Diana

# 11,617:

7:22 pm PST, Jan 28, Monica Maldonado, Texas

# 11,616:

12:24 pm PST, Jan 28, Leila Merosands, Washington

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6:41 pm PST, Jan 27, Stephen Prosser, Canada

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5:51 pm PST, Jan 27, Theodore Grishaber, Minnesota

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4:41 pm PST, Jan 27, Beata Kucinski, United Kingdom

# 11,612:

9:56 am PST, Jan 27, Lydia Heilman, Missouri

# 11,611:

3:43 am PST, Jan 27, Char Watson, Florida

# 11,610:

1:51 am PST, Jan 27, Bonnie Margay Burke, California

# 11,609:

8:33 am PST, Jan 25, Anthony O'sullivan, United Kingdom

# 11,608:

1:30 pm PST, Jan 24, Romana Gallas, Poland

# 11,607:

12:09 am PST, Jan 24, Penny Lynn Dunn, Missouri

# 11,606:

9:24 am PST, Jan 23, Sherry Moran, West Virginia

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11:24 pm PST, Jan 22, Angela Young, Ohio

# 11,604:

7:59 pm PST, Jan 22, Jon Abbey, Indiana

# 11,603:

1:00 am PST, Jan 22, Donna Martin, Canada
It is a part of that area's eco system and is very important to every living thing

# 11,602:

10:29 pm PST, Jan 20, Brianna Burns, California

# 11,601:

9:36 am PST, Jan 20, Bryan Hepp, Arizona

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