What is the Canadian Boreal Forest?
Canada’s Boreal Forest is North America’s largest ancient forest. The forest provides habitat to threatened species such as woodland caribou, bald and golden eagles, wolverine and more than one billion birds, many of them migratory. More than 60 per cent has been allocated to forestry companies for development. Less than 10 per cent of the Boreal Forest is formally protected. In provinces such as Ontario and Quebec, much of the commercial forest has already been fragmented and degraded by clearcuts and logging roads. Canada’s Boreal Forest is the world’s largest storehouse of terrestrial carbon. It stores an estimated 186 billion tonnes of carbon, or more than 27 years worth of global greenhouse gas emissions. Protecting and managing the forest responsibly is essential for fighting climate change. Recent scientific reports have revealed that older and intact forests store more carbon than young, recently cut forests. Intact forests, particularly ones extending over thousands of square
Canada’s Boreal Forest is North America’s largest ancient forest. The forest provides habitat to threatened species such as woodland caribou, bald and golden eagles, wolverine and more than one billion birds, many of them migratory. More than 60 per cent has been allocated to forestry companies for development. Less than 10 per cent of the Boreal Forest is formally protected. In provinces such as Ontario and Quebec, much of the commercial forest has already been fragmented and degraded by clearcuts and logging roads. Canada’s Boreal Forest is the world’s largest storehouse of terrestrial carbon. It stores an estimated 186 billion tonnes of carbon, or more than 27 years worth of global greenhouse gas emissions. Protecting and managing the forest responsibly is essential for fighting climate change. Recent scientific reports have revealed that older and intact forests store more carbon than young, recently cut forests. Intact forests, particularly ones extending over thousands of square
