B.C. approves 314 new cutblocks in endangered caribou habitat over last five months
As more caribou populations flicker out, and pressure mounts on the province to protect the...
Canada’s reputation as a nation of “hewers of wood and drawers of water” is at least half correct, historically. Forestry has always been one of the biggest industries in the country, economically, by reputation and by environmental impact. About 94 per cent of forests in Canada are publicly owned and about 70 per cent of Canada’s Indigenous population lives in forested areas.
Over half of the world’s boreal region is in Canada, which boasts a staggering 270 million hectares of boreal forest.
Increasing privatization of forest lands, however, combined with the threats of climate change, industrial activity, pine beetle infestations and wildfires, has put Canada’s forests at risk.
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As more caribou populations flicker out, and pressure mounts on the province to protect the...
Wildfire, drought and a pine beetle epidemic are piling on top of a long history...
Facing devastating declines in salmon stocks, conservationists in Clayoquot Sound are taking a ground-up approach...
Caught off guard by a plan to log more than 600 hectares of treasured local...
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Municipality owns 5,000 hectares of coastal Douglas fir forest. Now the question is: to log...
A new book by author and photographer David Moskowitz documents the spectacular inland temperate rainforest...
It was heralded as a conservation coup, yet one First Nation finds its land —...
A combination of climate change, clearcut logging and outdated emergency response practices are being blamed...
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