Scavenger Hunt
This exercise is a scavenger hunt -- that means that you have to go out and find the answers to the questions below using the World Wide Web.
Questions
These are the questions:
- When was the first Canadian paper mill built at St. Andrews, Quebec?
- Where was the first BC pulp and paper mill built in 1894?
- How many people are directly employed in the forestry industry in BC today?
- How much money does the provincial government in Victoria now make from the forestry industry?
- How much money did the BC pulp industry lose in 1996?
- What percentage of life forms on the planet live in the rainforest?
- How many species become extinct every year due to deforestation?
- How many undamaged rainforest valleys are left today on BC's Raincoast?
- In 1996 how many acres of hemp were grown in Canada?
- What percentage of fat does hemp seed contain?
Resources
Here are some links to WWW resources on this topic:
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