Old-growth logging in endangered Alberta caribou habitat ‘flies in the face of common sense,’ critics say
A growing chorus of voices says the government’s decision to green light old-growth cutblocks in...
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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A growing chorus of voices says the government’s decision to green light old-growth cutblocks in...
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The province’s unique inland temperate rainforest is home to endangered species and cedar trees more...
From eating dirt as a child to discovering the mycorrhizal network below the forest floor,...
Locals and advocates worry the myriad industrial pressures facing the eastern slopes put the area...
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