[news] Mackenzie Valley more valuable if left undeveloped: CBI study

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

The Mackenzie River region in the Northwest Territories is worth 10 times more in its natural state than the value industrial development would bring, says a Canadian Boreal Initiative study released in Ottawa on Wednesday.

Entitled The Real Wealth of the Mackenzie Region, the study calculated the region's ecological goods and services to be worth $448 billion if left undisturbed.

  


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