| New BioGem Announced for Alberta | 26 February 09 |
 Each year the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) a Washington based environmental organization, campaigns to save natural regions threatened by development and destruction across the Americas. Selected BioGems are areas of wilderness home to endangered wildlife which contribute to reducing global warming by remaining undeveloped.The NRDC, and a northern Alberta environmental organization named the Peace-Athabasca Delta are working together to save this new BioGem. "The Peace-Athabasca Delta is one of the world's most important nesting grounds for migratory birds. But these rest areas are threatened by the world's largest industrial project - Alberta's tar sand mines," said Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, director of Natural Resources Defense Council's Canada program. Web audiences, and Canadians can sign on to participate in actions to save the Peace-Athabasca Delta. Visit Save BioGems - Peace-Athabasca DeltaView February 3, 2009 Edmonton Journal article View February 3, 2009 Vancouver Sun article View December 3, 2008 Boreal Birds article View NRDC report, Danger in the Nursery: Impact on Birds of Tar Sands Oil Development in Canada's Boreal Forest (PDF) Sources: NRDC, Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun |
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