(US/Canada) Boise has decided to stop using wood fibre from a northwestern Ontario forest that has been the subject of a long-standing First Nations dispute, a decision hailed Thursday by aboriginals and environmentalists.
The aim of the moratorium by Idaho-based Boise Inc. (NYSE:BZ) is to lend support to ongoing negotiations over logging in the Whiskey Jack forest, an area the Grassy Narrows First Nations just north of Kenora, Ont., claims as its traditional lands.
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The aim of the moratorium by Idaho-based Boise Inc. (NYSE:BZ) is to lend support to ongoing negotiations over logging in the Whiskey Jack forest, an area the Grassy Narrows First Nations just north of Kenora, Ont., claims as its traditional lands.
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