Transcription of Deforestation in Canada. What are the facts?
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Deforestation in Canada. What are the facts?
The Canadian Forest Service of Natural Resources Canada mon -itors Deforestation to meet international climate change report -ing Deforestation rates are estimated using a combinationof satellite and aerial images, land-use records, and field inspec -tions. The results show that although there is some deforestationin Canada, most is driven by sectors of the economy other thanforestry, such as agriculture and urban development. What Is Deforestation ? Deforestation is the permanent removal of forest cover from anarea, and the conversion of this previously forested land to otheruses. In Canada, clearcutting or other harvesting practices areused as part of sustainable forest management to provide timberfor producing paper or wood products. This is not considereddeforestation because the area is replanted or allowed to regen-erate naturally, renewing the forest Much Deforestation Occurs in Canada?Canada s 402 million ha of forest and other wooded land accountfor about 10% of the world s forest cover.
provincial governments are increasingly using innovative prac-tices such as integrated landscape management (ILM). Integrated landscape management means planning land uses over an entire landscape and encouraging different land users to work together. For …
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