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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 23APR10 - Canadian First Nations representatives George Poitras and Clayton Thomas Mueller work late at night at their laptops during their UK tarsands brand damage campaign, Westminster, London...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 23APR10 - Canadian First Nations representatives George Poitras and Clayton Thomas Mueller work late at night at their laptops during their UK tarsands brand damage campaign, Westminster, London...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
    George_Poitras06.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck collects water and soil samples from the tailings pond of the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-085.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck and volunteer Terry Christenson collect water and soil samples from the tailings pond of the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-084.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck collects water and soil samples from the tailings pond of the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-082.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck collects water and soil samples from the tailings pond of the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-081.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck and volunteer Terry Christenson collect water and soil samples from the tailings pond of the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-078.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck and volunteer Terry Christenson collect water and soil samples from the tailings pond of the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-076.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck and volunteer Terry Christenson collect water and soil samples from the tailings pond of the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-075.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck and volunteer Terry Christenson collect water and soil samples from the tailings pond of the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-072.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Tailings pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-069.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Tailings pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-067.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Tailings pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-066.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck collects water and soil samples from the tailings pond of the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-086.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck and volunteer Terry Christenson collect water and soil samples from the tailings pond of the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-083.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck collects water and soil samples from the tailings pond of the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-080.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck collects water and soil samples from the tailings pond of the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-079.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck and volunteer Terry Christenson collect water and soil samples from the tailings pond of the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-077.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck and volunteer Terry Christenson collect water and soil samples from the tailings pond of the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-074.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck and volunteer Terry Christenson collect water and soil samples from the tailings pond of the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-073.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck and volunteer Terry Christenson collect water and soil samples from the tailings pond of the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-071.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Tailings pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-070.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Tailings pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-068.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Tailings pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-065.jpg
  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 26JAN09 - Chera Lynn Brighton, a former production manager for documentary filmmakers takes notes and photos while location scouting in central London. She has recently lost her job due to cutbacks in the financial sector which funded her company's film projects...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • FRANCE ARROMANCHES LES BAINS 29AUG05 - Musee de Debarquement, a museum devoted to the the D-Day landings on Omaha Beach on the coast of Normandie, France...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2005..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile:  +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office:  +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email:   jiri@jirirezac.com.Web:     www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2005 - All rights reserved.
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  • FRANCE ARROMANCHES LES BAINS 29AUG05 - Site of the D-Day landings on Omaha Beach on the coast of Normandie, France...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2005..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile:  +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office:  +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email:   jiri@jirirezac.com.Web:     www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2005 - All rights reserved.
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  • FRANCE ARROMANCHES LES BAINS 29AUG05 - Remains of concrete-built barges and pontoons on the site of the D-Day landings on Omaha Beach on the coast of Normandie, France...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2005..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile:  +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office:  +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email:   jiri@jirirezac.com.Web:     www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2005 - All rights reserved.
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  • FRANCE ARROMANCHES LES BAINS 29AUG05 - Remains of concrete-built barges and pontoons on the site of the D-Day landings on Omaha Beach on the coast of Normandie, France...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2005..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile:  +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office:  +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email:   jiri@jirirezac.com.Web:     www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2005 - All rights reserved.
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  • FRANCE ARROMANCHES LES BAINS 29AUG05 - Remains of concrete-built barges and pontoons on the site of the D-Day landings on Omaha Beach on the coast of Normandie, France...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2005..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile:  +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office:  +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email:   jiri@jirirezac.com.Web:     www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2005 - All rights reserved.
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  • FRANCE ARROMANCHES LES BAINS 29AUG05 - Musee de Debarquement, a museum devoted to the the D-Day landings on Omaha Beach on the coast of Normandie, France...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2005..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile:  +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office:  +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email:   jiri@jirirezac.com.Web:     www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2005 - All rights reserved.
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – Arctic sea ice inf the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in close proximity of the HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen (P 571), a Royal Danish Navy patrol vessel in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast. After a call from the captain of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise to 'mind the polar bear', the Danish navy ship changed course thus avoiding a disturbing encounter with the bear...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in close proximity of the HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen (P 571), a Royal Danish Navy patrol vessel in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast. After a call from the captain of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise to 'mind the polar bear', the Danish navy ship changed course thus avoiding a disturbing encounter with the bear...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
    AO11-074.jpg
  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in close proximity of the HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen (P 571), a Royal Danish Navy patrol vessel in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast. After a call from the captain of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise to 'mind the polar bear', the Danish navy ship changed course thus avoiding a disturbing encounter with the bear...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
    AO11-054.jpg
  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in close proximity of the HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen (P 571), a Royal Danish Navy patrol vessel in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast. After a call from the captain of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise to 'mind the polar bear', the Danish navy ship changed course thus avoiding a disturbing encounter with the bear...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
    AO11-078.jpg
  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in close proximity of the HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen (P 571), a Royal Danish Navy patrol vessel in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast. After a call from the captain of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise to 'mind the polar bear', the Danish navy ship changed course thus avoiding a disturbing encounter with the bear...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 22SEP10 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation TV crew at work at the Tarnished Earth exhibition on the South Bank, central London...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in close proximity of the HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen (P 571), a Royal Danish Navy patrol vessel in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast. After a call from the captain of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise to 'mind the polar bear', the Danish navy ship changed course thus avoiding a disturbing encounter with the bear...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – Arctic sea ice inf the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in close proximity of the HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen (P 571), a Royal Danish Navy patrol vessel in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast. After a call from the captain of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise to 'mind the polar bear', the Danish navy ship changed course thus avoiding a disturbing encounter with the bear...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • LABRADOR SEA 5JUN11 – A polar bear feasts on a seal in the ice of the Labador Sea off the Canadian coast...Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 22SEP10 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation TV crew at work at the Tarnished Earth exhibition on the South Bank, central London...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Detail view of the proximity between toxic sludge on the surface of a tailings pond and a creek connected with the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Detail view of the proximity between toxic sludge on the surface of a tailings pond and a creek connected with the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Toxic sludge floats on the surface of a tailings pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Toxic sludge floats on the surface of a tailings pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Tailings pipe spews toxic sludge into a pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon site north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 20JUL09 - Aerial view of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Sag-D operations in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 20JUL09 - Aerial view of CNRL Horizon (Canadian National Resrouces Limited) tarsands mining operations in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA LITTLE BUFFALO 9OCT09 - Two boys from the Lubicon Cree First Nation play in the Boreal forest east of Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of the people, flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
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  • CANADA ALBERTA PACE RIVER 12OCT09 - The valley of Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
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  • CANADA ALBERTA PACE RIVER 10OCT09 - Boreal forest in autumn colours in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
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  • CANADA ALBERTA PACE RIVER 10OCT09 - Boreal forest in autumn colours in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
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  • CANADA ALBERTA PACE RIVER 10OCT09 - Boreal forest in autumn colours in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
    CA09-597.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA PACE RIVER 12OCT09 - Peace River during a misty morning in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
    CA09-572.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA PACE RIVER 12OCT09 - Peace River during a misty morning in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
    CA09-571.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA PACE RIVER 12OCT09 - Peace River during a misty morning in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
    CA09-570.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA PACE RIVER 12OCT09 - Peace River during a misty morning in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
    CA09-569.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - Peace River and the Boreal forest in autumn colours in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
    CA09-560.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - Peace River and the Boreal forest in autumn colours in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
    CA09-558.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - Autumn colours in the Boreal forest near Slave Lake in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
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  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - Autumn colours in the Boreal forest near Slave Lake in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
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  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - Boreal forest east of Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
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  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - Boreal forest east of Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
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  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - Boreal forest east of Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
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  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - Interior of the Boreal forest east of Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
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  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - Poplar trees, a variety of Birch in the Boreal forest east of Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
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  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - A track through the Boreal forest east of Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
    CA09-536.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - A small creek is frozen over in Boreal forest east of Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
    CA09-533.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - A small creek is frozen over in Boreal forest east of Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
    CA09-532.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - A small creek is frozen over in Boreal forest east of Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
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  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - Autumn colours in the Boreal forest near Slave Lake in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
    CA09-528.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - Autumn colours in the Boreal forest near Slave Lake in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
    CA09-527.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - Autumn colours in the Boreal forest near Slave Lake in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
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  • CANADA ALBERTA SLAVE LAKE 10OCT09 - Small creek near near Slave Lake in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
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  • CANADA ALBERTA SLAVE LAKE 10OCT09 - Trees remain standing after a wildfire in the Boreal forest near Slave Lake in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
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  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - Deserted road during snowstorm in the Boreal forest east of Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada...Significant deposits of Bitumen, also known as tarsands have been found in the area around Peace River and Slave Lake, thus threatening the continued existence of flora and fauna of the Boreal through oil and gas developments...The Canadian boreal region represents a tract of land over 1,000 kilometres wide separating the tundra in the north and temperate rain forest and deciduous woodlands that predominate in the most southerly and westerly parts of Canada. ..The boreal region contains about 14% of Canada's population. With its sheer vastness and integrity, the boreal makes an important contribution to the rural and aboriginal economies of Canada, primarily through resource industries, recreation, hunting, fishing and eco-tourism...Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Detail view of a separator designed to separate  toxic sludge on the surface of a tailings pond from a creek connected with the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Detail view of the proximity between toxic sludge on the surface of a tailings pond and a creek connected with the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-350.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Detail view of the proximity between toxic sludge on the surface of a tailings pond and a creek connected with the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-349.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Detail view of the proximity between toxic sludge on the surface of a tailings pond and a creek connected with the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-348.jpg
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