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FAN to give grants to activists
FAN will soon be announcing its grant-giving programme, aimed primarily at individual activists or small groups working to protect the Great Bear Rainforest or other threatened ecosystems in Canada.
Great Bear Rainforest still under threat in 2004
Over three years have passed since the original Great Bear Rainforest Agreement was announced. What is the status of the Great Bear Rainforest? Will enough be protected? Are the right areas being protected? What will logging look like in the unprotected areas?
FAN released a report in July 2004 to answer these and other important questions. While acknowledging that some progress has been made, the report critically examines the status of the Great Bear Rainforest and outlines the ongoing and emerging threats to the region. For example, in addition to industrial logging, eighty percent of the region will still be open to mining.