Boreal Forest Network

The Boreal Forest Network is an environmental justice organization of environmentalists, indigenous peoples and scientists concerned with the protection and sustainable use of the boreal forest, one of the three great forest systems of the world. We are the North American arm of the international Taiga Rescue Network, founded in 1992 during an international conference in Jokkmokk, Sweden. The boreal forest - or taiga- is an almost continuous band of coniferous forests circling the countries of the Circumpolar North. Though it is under increasing pressure from forestry, oil and gas exploration, mining and hydro mega-projects, little is known internationally of its plight outside of the boreal region itself. The boreal is also home to almost a million indigenous people, many of whom retain a strong connection with their cultures and traditions and value their traditional economies.