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  • IRELAND DUBLIN JUL99 - A general view of Dublin's famous General Post Office (GPO) from the other side of O'Connell Street. Opened in 1818, almost a century later it came to fame as the rebel headquarters in one of the most significant battles in the fight for independence...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1999..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 1999 - All rights reserved.
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  • IRELAND DUBLIN JUL99 - A general view of Dublin's famous General Post Office (GPO). Opened in 1818, almost a century later it came to fame as the rebel headquarters in one of the most significant battles in the fight for independence. ..jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1999..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 1999 - All rights reserved.
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  • IRELAND DUBLIN JUL99 - A general view of the interior of the GPO in Dublin. Opened in 1818, almost a century later it came to fame as the rebel headquarters in one of the most significant battles in the fight for independence. ..jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1999..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 1999 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - General view of the bitumen sands at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<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 />
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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 / 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 ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - General view of the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 MCMURRAY 12MAY07 - General view of downtown Fort McMurray, a fast-growing boomtown due to the high demand in labour in the tar sands operations.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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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  • CHINA HONG KONG 24MAY10 - General view of the campus at Hong Kong's Science and Technology University.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • CHINA HONG KONG 24MAY10 - General view of the campus at Hong Kong's Science and Technology University...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • CHINA HONG KONG 24MAY10 - General view of the campus at Hong Kong's Science and Technology University...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • CHINA HONG KONG 24MAY10 - General view of the campus at Hong Kong's Science and Technology University...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • CHINA HONG KONG 24MAY10 - General view of the campus at Hong Kong's Science and Technology University...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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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 - 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 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 - 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 ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - General view of the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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.
    CA07-224.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 12MAY07 - General view of downtown Fort McMurray, a fast-growing boomtown due to the high demand in labour in the tar sands operations.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-049.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 12MAY07 - General view of downtown Fort McMurray, a fast-growing boomtown due to the high demand in labour in the tar sands operations.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-047.jpg
  • CHINA HONG KONG 24MAY10 - General view of the campus at Hong Kong's Science and Technology University...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • CHINA HONG KONG 24MAY10 - General view of the campus at Hong Kong's Science and Technology University...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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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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  • GERMANY HAMBURG 23SEP13 - General view of Hamburg's Hafen City developments with warehouses and bridges across arms of the Elbe river. <br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2013
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  • IRELAND DUBLIN JUL99 - A homeless man pushes his bicycle outside the General Post Office in Dublin. Opened in 1818, almost a century later it came to fame as the rebel headquarters in one of the most significant battles in the fight for independence. ..jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1999..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 1999 - All rights reserved.
    IRL99-057.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - Solvent Recovery Unit at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-250.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - Cogeneration unit and Froth Settlers at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-249.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - WWF UK staff member Alexandra Hartridge at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© 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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-247.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - WWF UK staff member Alexandra Hartridge at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-246.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - WWF UK staff member Alexandra Hartridge at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-245.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - WWF UK staff member Alexandra Hartridge displays oil rich Bitumen sands at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-243.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - WWF UK staff member Alexandra Hartridge displays oil rich Bitumen sands at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-242.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - WWF UK staff member Alexandra Hartridge displays oil rich Bitumen sands at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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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  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - WWF UK staff member Alexandra Hartridge displays oil rich Bitumen sands at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
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<br />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - Bucyrus 495HF bucket shovel loading 100 ton loads of bitumen sands into Caterpillar 797 heavy duty trucks at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. One Caterpillar 797 truck can take up to 400 tons payloads, the equivalent of 4 shovels. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
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    CA07-238.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - Caterpillar 797 400 ton truck at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
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    CA07-236.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - Caterpillar and tracks in the Bitumen sands at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
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Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417<br />
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    CA07-234.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - Solvent recovery units at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© 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 />
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    CA07-232.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - Co-generation unit at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© 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 />
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    CA07-230.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - Digger at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© 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 />
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<br />
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    CA07-229.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - Conveyor belts at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© 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 />
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    CA07-228.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - Caterpillar 793 heavy haulage truck at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417<br />
Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683<br />
Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635<br />
<br />
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    CA07-226.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - Caterpillar 793 heavy haulage truck at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - Caterpillar 797 truck capable of carrying up to 400 ton payloads at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© 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 />
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    CA07-222.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - Caterpillar 793 heavy haulage truck at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© 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 />
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    CA07-219.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - Bucyrus 495HF bucket shovel loading 100 ton loads of bitumen sands into Caterpillar 797 heavy duty trucks at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. One Caterpillar 797 truck can take up to 400 tons payloads, the equivalent of 4 shovels. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© 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 />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - View of the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417<br />
Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683<br />
Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635<br />
<br />
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    CA07-214.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - View of the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© 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 />
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    CA07-212.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - View of the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417<br />
Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683<br />
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<br />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - Detail of sludge in tailings pond at the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417<br />
Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683<br />
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<br />
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    CA07-210.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - View of the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417<br />
Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683<br />
Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635<br />
<br />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - Detail of sludge in tailings pond at the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - Detail of sludge in tailings pond at the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - Detail of sludge in tailings pond at the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - Detail of sludge in tailings pond at the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
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Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417<br />
Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683<br />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA MAY07 - View of Suncor Canada's Upgrader tailings pond north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Pictures taken from a driving vehicle travelling on Highway 63 northbound.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - View of the Sulphur blocks stored at the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - Syncrude flag near their processing plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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 />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - View of the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
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Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417<br />
Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683<br />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - View of the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
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Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417<br />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - View of the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© 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 />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - View of the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© 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 />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - View of the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© 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 />
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<br />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - View of the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - View of the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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    CA07-192.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA MAY07 - View of Suncor Canada's Upgrader operation north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Pictures taken from a driving vehicle travelling on Highway 63 northbound.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Detail view of logged Boreal trees north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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    CA07-186.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Detail view of felled logs of Lodgepole pine and birch north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
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<br />
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    CA07-185.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Detail view of felled logs of Lodgepole pine and birch north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
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<br />
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    CA07-183.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Detail view of felled logs of Lodgepole pine and birch north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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    CA07-184.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Detail view of felled logs of Lodgepole pine and birch north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
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<br />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Detail view of reindeer lichen north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - WWF UK staff member Alexandra Hartridge in the Boreal forest displaying flora north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
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 />
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    CA07-179.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - Trees near the Athabasca river near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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 />
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Email: jiri@jirirezac.com<br />
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    CA07-177.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - WWF UK staff member Alexandra Hartridge in the Boreal forest displaying flora north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
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 />
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    CA07-178.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - View of the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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 />
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    CA07-176.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - Trees near the Athabasca river near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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 />
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Email: jiri@jirirezac.com<br />
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    CA07-175.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - Trees near the Athabasca river near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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 />
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    CA07-174.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - View of the Suncor plant and the Athabasca river near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© 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 />
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    CA07-173.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - View of the Suncor plant and the Athabasca river near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© 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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    CA07-172.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - View of the Suncor plant and the Athabasca river near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© 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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-171.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA 12MAY07 - Aerial view of Athabasca River wetlands and Boreal forest.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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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    CA07-170.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Aerial view of lake shore north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-168.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA 12MAY07 - Aerial view of Athabasca River wetlands and Boreal forest.<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© 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 />
<br />
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    CA07-169.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Aerial view of Black bear on a paved road north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© 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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    CA07-167.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Aerial view of migratory birds over McClelland lake north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-164.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Aerial view of shore of Athabasca river north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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    CA07-161.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Aerial view of small lake in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-162.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Aerial view of McClelland lake fen north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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    CA07-158.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Aerial view of McClelland lake fen north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-156.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Aerial view of McClelland lake fen north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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    CA07-157.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Aerial view of Boreal wetlands south of McClelland lake north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Aerial view of Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
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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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Aerial view of McClelland lake north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-152.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Aerial view of Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-149.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Aerial view of Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-150.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Aerial view of Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Aerial view of Albian Sands active tailings pond north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Aerial view of Suncor Steep Bank mine used as a tailings pond north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-140.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Aerial view of Suncor Steep Bank mine used as a tailings pond north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-138.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Detail view of slag in a tailings pond north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-135.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Detail view of tailing pond north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 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 />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
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 />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
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