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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Portrait of Raymond Ladouceur at his home in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Ladouceur has been a lifelong hunter and bemoans the fact that the number of geese, ducks and fish has dramatically declined since the tarsands industry gained momentum...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Cancer patient Emma Michael at her home in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Michael survived an aggressive breast cancer tumor and believes that her cancer was caused by increased levels of pollution to the air and water downstream from the tarsands sites...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Cancer patient Emma Michael shows her granddaughter Donya Wandering Spirit a family photo album at her home in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Mrs Michael survived an aggressive breast cancer tumor and believes that her cancer was caused by increased levels of pollution to the air and water downstream from the tarsands sites. Five of her relatives, displayed on the wall behind her, have died of various forms of cancer in recent years...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Cancer patient Emma Michael shows her granddaughter Donya Wandering Spirit a family photo album at her home in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Mrs Michael survived an aggressive breast cancer tumor and believes that her cancer was caused by increased levels of pollution to the air and water downstream from the tarsands sites. Five of her relatives, displayed on the wall behind her, have died of various forms of cancer in recent years...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Cancer patient Emma Michael at her home in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Michael survived an aggressive breast cancer tumor and believes that her cancer was caused by increased levels of pollution to the air and water downstream from the tarsands sites...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Cancer patient Emma Michael at her home in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Mrs Michael survived an aggressive breast cancer tumor and believes that her cancer was caused by increased levels of pollution to the air and water downstream from the tarsands sites...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - ITV cameraman Daniel Demoustier at work with Lawrence McGinty, science editor at the TV Newschannel in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Cancer patient Emma Michael at her home in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Michael survived an aggressive breast cancer tumor and believes that her cancer was caused by increased levels of pollution to the air and water downstream from the tarsands sites...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Cancer patient Emma Michael at her home in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Michael survived an aggressive breast cancer tumor and believes that her cancer was caused by increased levels of pollution to the air and water downstream from the tarsands sites...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Cancer patient Emma Michael at her home in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Michael survived an aggressive breast cancer tumor and believes that her cancer was caused by increased levels of pollution to the air and water downstream from the tarsands sites...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Cancer patient Emma Michael at her home in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Michael survived an aggressive breast cancer tumor and believes that her cancer was caused by increased levels of pollution to the air and water downstream from the tarsands sites...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Greenpeace campaigner Christoph von Lieven examines a whitefish with lesions caught in the river Quatrefouche, a tributary to Lake Athabasca in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Aerial view of clouds and precipitation in the  Athabasca river region of the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Aerial view of the river Athabasca running through the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Greenpeace Germany campaigner Christoph von Lieven takes water and soil samples from the river Athabasca downstream from the tarsands operations in northern Alberta, Canada...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Aerial view of clearcuts at the Suncor Milennium tarsands mining operation north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Aerial view of clouds and precipitation in the  Athabasca river region of the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Athabasca Chipewyan and Mikisew Cree First Nations art and photos on display at the Fort Chipewyan community centre, northern Alberta, Canada...Fort Chipewyan is one of the oldest European settlements in the province of Alberta, Canada. The settlement was established by the North West Company when it setup a trading post there in 1788. The Fort was named after the Chipewyan First Nation living in the area. The Fort is located on the western tip of Lake Athabasca, adjacent to Wood Buffalo National Park, in the eastern extremity of northern Alberta...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - Portrait of Michelle Macullo and her baby daughter Erin at the Lodge at Fort Chipewyan...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Bicentennial museum at Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca, northern Alberta, Canada...Fort Chipewyan is one of the oldest European settlements in the province of Alberta, Canada. The settlement was established by the North West Company when it setup a trading post there in 1788. The Fort was named after the Chipewyan First Nation living in the area. The Fort is located on the western tip of Lake Athabasca, adjacent to Wood Buffalo National Park, in the eastern extremity of northern Alberta...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - A boat tows a child on an inflatable rubber float near Fort Chipewyan in northern Alberta, Canada...Fort Chipewyan is one of the oldest European settlements in the province of Alberta, Canada. The settlement was established by the North West Company when it setup a trading post there in 1788. The Fort was named after the Chipewyan First Nation living in the area. The Fort is located on the western tip of Lake Athabasca, adjacent to Wood Buffalo National Park, in the eastern extremity of northern Alberta...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 11MAY07 - Flora at the shore of Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan, nothern Alberta, Canada...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK...© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Children play at the dock by Lake Athabasca in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Fort Chipewyan is one of the oldest European settlements in the province of Alberta, Canada. The settlement was established by the North West Company when it setup a trading post there in 1788. The Fort was named after the Chipewyan First Nation living in the area. The Fort is located on the western tip of Lake Athabasca, adjacent to Wood Buffalo National Park, in the eastern extremity of northern Alberta...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Lake Athabasca seen from Fort Chipewyan in northern Alberta, Canada...Fort Chipewyan is one of the oldest European settlements in the province of Alberta, Canada. The settlement was established by the North West Company when it setup a trading post there in 1788. The Fort was named after the Chipewyan First Nation living in the area. The Fort is located on the western tip of Lake Athabasca, adjacent to Wood Buffalo National Park, in the eastern extremity of northern Alberta...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Small church at Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca, northern Alberta, Canada...Fort Chipewyan is one of the oldest European settlements in the province of Alberta, Canada. The settlement was established by the North West Company when it setup a trading post there in 1788. The Fort was named after the Chipewyan First Nation living in the area. The Fort is located on the western tip of Lake Athabasca, adjacent to Wood Buffalo National Park, in the eastern extremity of northern Alberta...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Children play at the dock by Lake Athabasca in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Fort Chipewyan is one of the oldest European settlements in the province of Alberta, Canada. The settlement was established by the North West Company when it setup a trading post there in 1788. The Fort was named after the Chipewyan First Nation living in the area. The Fort is located on the western tip of Lake Athabasca, adjacent to Wood Buffalo National Park, in the eastern extremity of northern Alberta...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca, northern Alberta, Canada...Fort Chipewyan is one of the oldest European settlements in the province of Alberta, Canada. The settlement was established by the North West Company when it setup a trading post there in 1788. The Fort was named after the Chipewyan First Nation living in the area. The Fort is located on the western tip of Lake Athabasca, adjacent to Wood Buffalo National Park, in the eastern extremity of northern Alberta...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca, northern Alberta, Canada...Fort Chipewyan is one of the oldest European settlements in the province of Alberta, Canada. The settlement was established by the North West Company when it setup a trading post there in 1788. The Fort was named after the Chipewyan First Nation living in the area. The Fort is located on the western tip of Lake Athabasca, adjacent to Wood Buffalo National Park, in the eastern extremity of northern Alberta...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Children play at the dock by Lake Athabasca in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Fort Chipewyan is one of the oldest European settlements in the province of Alberta, Canada. The settlement was established by the North West Company when it setup a trading post there in 1788. The Fort was named after the Chipewyan First Nation living in the area. The Fort is located on the western tip of Lake Athabasca, adjacent to Wood Buffalo National Park, in the eastern extremity of northern Alberta...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Mikisew Cree Industry Relations representative George Poitras from Fort Chipewyan speaks during an interview at his office in Fort McMurray...Being caught between the concerns of his community at Fort Chipewyan and interests of the tarsands industry, Poitras occupies a key role in communicating those issues to both sides...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - Portrait of Mikisew First Nation elder Mary Marcell overlooking Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Stop CO2 colonialism sticker outside a community centre in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Fort Chipewyan is one of the oldest European settlements in the province of Alberta, Canada. The settlement was established by the North West Company when it setup a trading post there in 1788. The Fort was named after the Chipewyan First Nation living in the area. The Fort is located on the western tip of Lake Athabasca, adjacent to Wood Buffalo National Park, in the eastern extremity of northern Alberta...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Mikisew Cree Industry Relations representative George Poitras from Fort Chipewyan speaks during an interview at his office in Fort McMurray...Being caught between the concerns of his community at Fort Chipewyan and interests of the tarsands industry, Poitras occupies a key role in communicating those issues to both sides...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Mikisew Cree Industry Relations representative George Poitras from Fort Chipewyan speaks during an interview at his office in Fort McMurray...Being caught between the concerns of his community at Fort Chipewyan and interests of the tarsands industry, Poitras occupies a key role in communicating those issues to both sides...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 11MAY07 - Small boats in the port at Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 11MAY07 - Crocuses on the shore of Lake Athabasca, Fort Chipewyan, nothern Alberta, Canada...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca, northern Alberta, Canada...Fort Chipewyan is one of the oldest European settlements in the province of Alberta, Canada. The settlement was established by the North West Company when it setup a trading post there in 1788. The Fort was named after the Chipewyan First Nation living in the area. The Fort is located on the western tip of Lake Athabasca, adjacent to Wood Buffalo National Park, in the eastern extremity of northern Alberta...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Portrait of Lionel Lepine of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Lepine works alongside Mike Mercredi in preserving and representing his nation's cultural heritage to the outside world...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - Portrait of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation elder Pat Marcell overlooking Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca, northern Alberta, Canada...Fort Chipewyan is one of the oldest European settlements in the province of Alberta, Canada. The settlement was established by the North West Company when it setup a trading post there in 1788. The Fort was named after the Chipewyan First Nation living in the area. The Fort is located on the western tip of Lake Athabasca, adjacent to Wood Buffalo National Park, in the eastern extremity of northern Alberta...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - General view of Fort Chipewyan from Lake Athabasca...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - Portrait of Mikisew First Nation Gabe (Bunny) and Gail Bourke overlooking Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - Portrait of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation elder Pat Marcell overlooking Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
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 © Jiri Rezac 2007
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - White Fish with cancerous tumours on display at Fort Chipewyan, originating from Lake Athabasca. Lake Athabasca is downstream from pulp mills and tar sands production facilities...The Alberta Tar Sands are the largest deposits of their kind in the world and their production is the single largest contributor to Canada's greenhouse gas emissions...Alberta's tar sands are currently estimated to contain a crude bitumen resource of 315 billion barrels, with remaining established reserves of almost 174 billion barrels, thus making Canada's oil resources ranked second largest in the world in terms of size...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 11MAY07 - Discarded rusty old truck at Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - Portrait of Mikisew First Nation elder Raymond Ladouceur being interview by WWF UK staff member Alexandra Hartridge at Fort Chipewyan...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - Portrait of Mikisew First Nation elder Pat Marcell overlooking Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - Portrait of Mikisew First Nation Gabe (Bunny) and Gail Bourke overlooking Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - Portrait of Mikisew First Nation Gabe (Bunny) and Gail Bourke overlooking Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Mikisew Cree Industry Relations representative George Poitras from Fort Chipewyan speaks during an interview at his office in Fort McMurray...Being caught between the concerns of his community at Fort Chipewyan and interests of the tarsands industry, Poitras occupies a key role in communicating those issues to both sides...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Allan Adam poses for a portrait by Lake Athabasca, Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Adam is a vocal critic of the rapidly developing  tarsands industry and accuses the government in complicity and complacency with regards to rising levels of pollution of the air and water downstream from the tarsands sites, culminating in a high rate of rare cancer deaths in his community...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Geographical Information Systems specialist Mike Mercredi from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation poses for a portrait at Lake Athabasca, Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...A trained technician, Mercredi is resposible for the collection and presentation of data that documents the sacred sites, medicinal plants and hunting grounds of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Geographical Information Systems specialist Mike Mercredi from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation poses for a portrait at Lake Athabasca, Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...A trained technician, Mercredi is resposible for the collection and presentation of data that documents the sacred sites, medicinal plants and hunting grounds of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - WWF UK staff member Alexandra Hartridge displays a White Fish with cancerous tumours at Fort Chipewyan, originating from Lake Athabasca. Lake Athabasca is downstream from pulp mills and tar sands production facilities...The Alberta Tar Sands are the largest deposits of their kind in the world and their production is the single largest contributor to Canada's greenhouse gas emissions...Alberta's tar sands are currently estimated to contain a crude bitumen resource of 315 billion barrels, with remaining established reserves of almost 174 billion barrels, thus making Canada's oil resources ranked second largest in the world in terms of size...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 11MAY07 - Flora at the shore of Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan, nothern Alberta, Canada...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 11MAY07 - Driftwood on the shore of Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 11MAY07 - Driftwood on the shore of Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Greenpeace campaigner Melina Labouchan-Massimo and Kaya Mercredi from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation play at the Mike Mercredi's cabin on the river Athabasca, northern Alberta, Canada...In recent years, the frequency of deformities, lesions and cancers found in fish caught in Lake Athabasca has increased dramatically. Local residents suspect the rapidly expanding tarsands operations further upstream as the cause of their health concerns...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca, northern Alberta, Canada...Fort Chipewyan is one of the oldest European settlements in the province of Alberta, Canada. The settlement was established by the North West Company when it setup a trading post there in 1788. The Fort was named after the Chipewyan First Nation living in the area. The Fort is located on the western tip of Lake Athabasca, adjacent to Wood Buffalo National Park, in the eastern extremity of northern Alberta...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 11MAY07 - General view of Fort Chipewyan, nothern Alberta, Canada...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 11MAY07 - Discarded rusty old truck at Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 11MAY07 - Small boats in the port at Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 11MAY07 - Cloud formation above Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The Alberta Tar Sands are the largest deposits of their kind in the world and their production is the single largest contributor to Canada's greenhouse gas emissions.<br />
<br />
Alberta's tar sands are currently estimated to contain a crude bitumen resource of 315 billion barrels, with remaining established reserves of almost 174 billion barrels, thus making Canada's oil resources ranked second largest in the world in terms of size.<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 / WWF-UK<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
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Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417<br />
Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683<br />
Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635<br />
<br />
Email: jiri@jirirezac.com<br />
Web: www.jirirezac.com<br />
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© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Allan Adam poses for a portrait by Lake Athabasca, Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...A long way to go - Adam is a vocal critic of the rapidly developing  tarsands industry and accuses the government in complicity and complacency with regards to rising levels of pollution of the air and water downstream from the tarsands sites, culminating in a high rate of rare cancer deaths in his community...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Allan Adam poses for a portrait by Lake Athabasca, Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Adam is a vocal critic of the rapidly developing  tarsands industry and accuses the government in complicity and complacency with regards to rising levels of pollution of the air and water downstream from the tarsands sites, culminating in a high rate of rare cancer deaths in his community...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - Fishing boats in the port at Fort Chipewyan...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - Portrait of Mikisew First Nation elder Mary Marcell overlooking Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Mikisew Cree Industry Relations representative George Poitras from Fort Chipewyan speaks during an interview at his office in Fort McMurray...Being caught between the concerns of his community at Fort Chipewyan and interests of the tarsands industry, Poitras occupies a key role in communicating those issues to both sides...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Mike Mercredi demonstrates the geographical Information Systems data to Greenpeace campaigners Christoph von Lieven and Melina Laboucan-Massimo at his office in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...A trained technician, Mercredi is resposible for the collection and presentation of data that documents the sacred sites, medicinal plants and hunting grounds of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Mike Mercredi demonstrates the geographical Information Systems data to Greenpeace campaigners Christoph von Lieven and Melina Laboucan-Massimo at his office in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...A trained technician, Mercredi is resposible for the collection and presentation of data that documents the sacred sites, medicinal plants and hunting grounds of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Greenpeace campaigner Melina Labouchan-Massimo and Kaya Mercredi from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation play at the Mike Mercredi's cabin on the river Athabasca, northern Alberta, Canada...In recent years, the frequency of deformities, lesions and cancers found in fish caught in Lake Athabasca has increased dramatically. Local residents suspect the rapidly expanding tarsands operations further upstream as the cause of their health concerns...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Whitehead eagle seen near the river Athabasca, Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Geographical Information Systems specialist Mike Mercredi from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation poses for a portrait at Lake Athabasca, Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...A trained technician, Mercredi is resposible for the collection and presentation of data that documents the sacred sites, medicinal plants and hunting grounds of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - Portrait of Mikisew First Nation elder Pat Marcell overlooking Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - Portrait of Mikisew First Nation elder Pat Marcell overlooking Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - Portrait of Mikisew First Nation Gabe (Bunny) and Gail Bourke overlooking Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Kaya Mercredi from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation practices fishing on the river Athabasca, northern Alberta, Canada...In recent years, the frequency of deformities, lesions and cancers found in fish caught in Lake Athabasca has increased dramatically. Local residents suspect the rapidly expanding tarsands operations further upstream as the cause of their health concerns...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Geographical Information Systems specialist Mike Mercredi from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation poses for a portrait at Lake Athabasca, Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...A trained technician, Mercredi is resposible for the collection and presentation of data that documents the sacred sites, medicinal plants and hunting grounds of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Portrait of Raymond Ladouceur at his home in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Ladouceur has been a lifelong hunter and bemoans the fact that the number of geese, ducks and fish has dramatically declined since the tarsands industry gained momentum...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Mike Mercredi demonstrates the geographical Information Systems data to Greenpeace campaigners Christoph von Lieven and Melina Laboucan-Massimo at his office in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...A trained technician, Mercredi is resposible for the collection and presentation of data that documents the sacred sites, medicinal plants and hunting grounds of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Greenpeace campaigner Melina Labouchan-Massimo talks to  Raymond Ladouceur at his home in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Ladouceur has been a lifelong hunter and bemoans the fact that the number of geese, ducks and fish has dramatically declined since the tarsands industry gained momentum...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Mike Mercredi demonstrates the geographical Information Systems data to Greenpeace campaigners Christoph von Lieven and Melina Laboucan-Massimo at his office in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...A trained technician, Mercredi is resposible for the collection and presentation of data that documents the sacred sites, medicinal plants and hunting grounds of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 11MAY07 - General view of Fort Chipewyan, nothern Alberta, Canada...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 11MAY07 - Memorial site overlooking Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 11MAY07 - Driftwood on the shore of Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 11MAY07 - General view of Fort Chipewyan, nothern Alberta, Canada...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Geographical Information Systems specialist Mike Mercredi from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation poses for a portrait at Lake Athabasca, Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...A trained technician, Mercredi is resposible for the collection and presentation of data that documents the sacred sites, medicinal plants and hunting grounds of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Allan Adam poses for a portrait by Lake Athabasca, Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Adam is a vocal critic of the rapidly developing  tarsands industry and accuses the government in complicity and complacency with regards to rising levels of pollution of the air and water downstream from the tarsands sites, culminating in a high rate of rare cancer deaths in his community...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Portrait of Lionel Lepine of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Lepine works alongside Mike Mercredi in preserving and representing his nation's cultural heritage to the outside world...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Greenpeace campaigner Melina Labouchan-Massimo and Kaya Mercredi from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation play at the Mike Mercredi's cabin on the river Athabasca, northern Alberta, Canada...In recent years, the frequency of deformities, lesions and cancers found in fish caught in Lake Athabasca has increased dramatically. Local residents suspect the rapidly expanding tarsands operations further upstream as the cause of their health concerns...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Detail view of screen display of the findings of Mike Mercredi's geographical Information Systems data at his office in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...A trained technician, Mercredi is resposible for the collection and presentation of data that documents the sacred sites, medicinal plants and hunting grounds of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Portrait of Lionel Lepine of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Lepine works alongside Mike Mercredi in preserving and representing his nation's cultural heritage to the outside world...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 15AUG08 -- Photo of a two-mouthed fish caught in Lake Athabasca, downstream from the oilsands mines of northern Alberta. The Alberta Tar Sands are the largest deposits of their kind in the world and their production is the single largest contributor to Canada's greenhouse gas emissions...Alberta's tar sands are currently estimated to contain a crude bitumen resource of 315 billion barrels, with remaining established reserves of almost 174 billion barrels, thus making Canada's oil resources ranked second largest in the world in terms of size...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...Courtesy of George Poitras/Fort Chipewyan First Nations..© George Poitras 2008..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
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - WWF UK staff member Alexandra Hartridge displays a White Fish with cancerous tumours at Fort Chipewyan, originating from Lake Athabasca. Lake Athabasca is downstream from pulp mills and tar sands production facilities...The Alberta Tar Sands are the largest deposits of their kind in the world and their production is the single largest contributor to Canada's greenhouse gas emissions...Alberta's tar sands are currently estimated to contain a crude bitumen resource of 315 billion barrels, with remaining established reserves of almost 174 billion barrels, thus making Canada's oil resources ranked second largest in the world in terms of size...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 12MAY07 - General view of Lake Athabasca near Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK..© Jiri Rezac 2007..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 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Whitehead eagle seen near the river Athabasca, Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Cabins on the river Athabasca, northern Alberta, Canada...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...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...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Portrait of Raymond Ladouceur at his home in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Ladouceur has been a lifelong hunter and bemoans the fact that the number of geese, ducks and fish has dramatically declined since the tarsands industry gained momentum...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Allan Adam poses for a portrait by Lake Athabasca, Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Adam is a vocal critic of the rapidly developing  tarsands industry and accuses the government in complicity and complacency with regards to rising levels of pollution of the air and water downstream from the tarsands sites, culminating in a high rate of rare cancer deaths in his community...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - Portrait of Raymond Ladouceur at his home in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...Ladouceur has been a lifelong hunter and bemoans the fact that the number of geese, ducks and fish has dramatically declined since the tarsands industry gained momentum...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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