Are Canada’s boreal forests well protected??
• Yes. Canada’s boreal forests are very well protected. Canada has the largest area of protected forest in the world. Over 65 million acres of boreal forest is currently protected. • Canada has maintained the highest percentage of original forest of any country in the world. Because Canada’s forests are constantly re-growing, approximately 92% of the forest area believed to have existed 8,000 years ago still exists in Canada today. • Canada has the largest area of independently certified forest in the world. • Only one-quarter of Canada’s forests are managed for commercial use, and only one-half of one percent are harvested annually, including the boreal. What is forest certification? • Sustainable forest management (SFM) certification is a voluntary market tool that demonstrates to forest products customers, via an independent, third-party audit, that their purchases are derived from sustainably-managed forests. Third-party auditors verify the quality of on-the-ground forest practices
