Amnesty International today [Feb 29, 2008] welcomed the announcement that multinational paper company Boise Inc. will stop purchasing wood fiber from the traditional territory of the Grassy Narrows First Nation in northwestern Ontario until that community has given its consent to logging.
"Boise has done the right thing," says Craig Benjamin, Amnesty International's campaigner for the human rights of Indigenous peoples. "The company has set an example that we hope that other companies and the Province of Ontario will follow." Continue reading on the Gaianicity website and return to post your comment
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