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TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2010, Toronto/Montreal, Canada – Today 21 member companies of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), and nine leading environmental organizations, unveiled an unprecedented agreement – the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement – that applies to 72 million hectares of public forests licensed to FPAC members. The Agreement, when fully implemented, will conserve significant areas of Canada’s vast Boreal Forest, protect threatened woodland caribou and provide a competitive market edge for participating companies.

STRONG DEMAND DOUBLES NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL PAPERS IN 18 MONTHS

FEBRUARY 3RD, 2010

VANCOUVER - The number of leading environmental printing and writing grade papers available in North America has more than doubled from 97 to 228 in the past 18 months according to information released today by Canopy, an environmental non-profit organization that works to improve the environmental performance of paper and wood companies. The sharp increase in eco-paper options is the result of large paper buyers demanding more papers with ecological attributes, a growing trend despite recent troubles in the North American paper industry and global economy.

Dr. Jane Goodall, speaking TODAY at a luncheon attended by some of Canada's biggest names in publishing and printing, expressed her concern for the world's dwindling species and the need to actquickly to protect iconic animals such as chimpanzees, bears, and CANADA'S caribou.

The Globe and Mail has become the first North American national daily to develop an Ancient Forest Friendly paper procurement policy in collaboration with Canopy.

Nicole Rycroft, executive director of environmental publishing advocates Markets Initiative, was recognized as an environmental innovator yesterday at the fourth annual Print Action awards as the brainchild behind wheat paper in Canada.

Publishers in North America Want At Least $560 Million Worth of Green Paper - No One in Canada Supplying

A new report released today identifies a number of environmental recommendations that if implemented would help reposition Canada's ailing pulp and paper industry for success.

The Canadian magazine industry and Markets Initiative are pleased to announce the launch of The Magazine Eco Kit, a compendium of tips, terms, resources and papers for environmentally friendly magazine publishing.

A new report released today at Paper Week by environmental publishing organization Markets Initiative shows Canada's printing, newspaper, book and magazine sectors worth $19 billion a year made major environmental headway in 2007 despite difficult economic conditions for Canada's paper mills.

JK Rowling asked her international publishers to find paper that was free of ancient or endangered forests. With millions of her books now printed on green paper, she's helped take the heat off of carbon storehouses like Canada's Boreal Forest.

Unlike the other certification systems, namely CSA, SFI and PEFC, FSC is the only one that prohibits the use of genetically modified trees, prevents the conversion of natural forest to plantations and requires a precautionary approach to the management of areas with high conservation value.