Commonwealth NGOs
related to forestry

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National Office

250 City Centre Ave., Suite 506

Ottawa, ON K1R 6K7

Canada

Email:  chris.henschel@cpaws.org

Website: www.cpaws.org/index.php

Type:  NGO   

Scope:  national   

Interest in Forestry:  central

Description

The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is Canada's pre-eminent, national community-based voice for public wilderness protection. Since 1963 CPAWS has taken a lead role in establishing two-thirds of Canada's protected wild spaces -- an area over seven times the size of Nova Scotia.  Our vision is to keep at least half of Canada's public land and water wild — forever. We focus on protecting many important areas of Canada's wilderness.