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News from the Biodiversity Conference

By AL HAYEK

A number of very interesting activities directed towards the goal of conserving Meadowbrook were conducted on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 27 and 28, at the summit on biodiversity and the greening of Montreal held  at the Gelber Centre on Cote-St-Catherine Road.

Hosted by the Conseil Régional Environment Montréal, the City of Montréal and Health and Social Services of Québec, the conference attracted 258 local and international delegates. In this international year of biodiversity, the purpose was to share greening experiences and to mobilize the decision makers of Montreal to protect biodiversity.

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Declaration in favour of biodiversity and greening

by AL HAYEK

The highlight of the summit on biodiversity and the greening of Montreal, held on April 27 and 28 at the Gelber Centre and hosted by the Conseil Régional Environment Montréal, the City of Montreal and Health and Social Services of Québec, was Mayor Gérald Tremblay’s luncheon address and his  signing (along with twenty other local mayors and dignitaries) of the Declaration of the Island of Montreal Community in Favour of Biodiversity and Greening.

Signatories recognized six realities on the Island and hence agreed to eight actions.

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Press kit – S.O.S. Meadowbrook

*Download press release (EN), the bilingual flyer, and the appendix (French only)*

Lire et télécharger le communiqué de presse en français.

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Press Release – For immediate distribution

S.O.S Meadowbrook: Montreal must take action to preserve Meadowbrook green space

Montréal, April 2010: Les Amis de Meadowbrook, in collaboration with Héritage Laurentien and supported by dozens of environmental groups and thousands of citizens island-wide, announce that on Monday April 19, 2010 they will be taking their campaign directly to Montreal City Hall in an attempt to convince the Mayor and members of Council to preserve Meadowbrook.

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