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Boreal Forest in numbers
| Canada's total Area |
9,984,670 km² (including 891,163 km² of freshwater) |
| Canada's Boreal Forest Area |
5,740,000 km² |
| Boreal Permanent Protected Area |
330,946 km² (5,8%) |
| Boreal Temporary Protected Area |
206,516 km² (3,6%) |
| Boreal Endangered Species |
90 species (less then 20% of the 465 canadian endangered species |
| Boreal People |
3.5 million people |
| Boreal Aboriginal Peoples |
600 communities |
Boreal Data
Boreal Research Atlas
Prepared on behalf of the Canadian Boreal Initiative by the University of Alberta, the Boreal Research Atlas contains a searchable database of research related to Canada's Boreal Forest. It contains peer-reviewed journal articles, green literature and theses searchable by author, keyword or location.
Download the Atlas in Microsoft Access (.mdb) format (22MB)
Boreal Information Centre
The Canadian Boreal Initiative has collaborated with numerous groups and organizations to provide objective, high-quality data and information to support North American Boreal Forest conservation and management. The Boreal Information Centre is an information warehouse offering map-based data themes and summaries to aid in land-use and conservation planning.
Global Forest Watch
Global Forest Watch Canada is the independent national affiliate of the Global Forest Watch network, a project of the World Resources Institute. The Global Forest Watch network was formed to provide access to better information about the world’s forests and the environmental impact of their development.
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From The Forestry Chronicle, JULY/AUGUST 2010, VOL. 86, NO. 4
Maintaining the role of Canada’s forests and peatlands in climate regulation
Matthew Carlson, Jing Chen, Stewart Elgie, Chris Henschel, Álvaro Montenegro, Nigel Roulet, Neal Scott, Charles Tarnocai and Jeff Wells
ABSTRACT
Canada’s forest and peatland ecosystems are globally significant carbon stores, whose management will be influenced by climate change mitigation policies such as offset systems. To be effective, these policies must be grounded in objective information on the relationships between land use, ecosystem carbon dynamics, and climate. Here, we present the out- comes of a workshop where forest, peatland, and climate experts were tasked with identifying management actions required to maintain the role of Canada’s forest and peatland ecosystems in climate regulation. Reflecting the desire to maintain the carbon storage roles of these ecosystems, a diverse set of management actions is proposed, incorporating conservation, forest management, and forest products.
Key words: forests, peatlands, carbon, Canada, climate change, management, forest products, conservation
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