Canadian Forestry

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2015
The year by which carbon neutrality should be achieved industry-wide without the purchase of carbon offset credits.
source: Canadian Forest Products Industry Aims to be First Carbon-Neutral Sector, FPAC 2007
60%
of Canada's pulp and paper sector energy demand is provided from biomass derived from bark, wood shavings and sawdust
source: Tackle climate change, use wood (cdn ed), 2008
About
1 million
hectares are harvested annually (less than 1%)
source: State of Canada's Forests 2008
Over
402 million
hectares total area of forest and other wood land such as scrub, sparse forest
source: State of Canada's Forests 2008
About
146 million
hectares (360 million acres) of forest area is certified to one of the three sustainable forest management programs
source: State of Canada's Forests 2008
     All
harvested areas on crown land, by law, must be regenerated
source: State of Canada's Forests 2008 -Canada's Forests, NRCan and Regenerating the Forests, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario and Trends in Forest Regeneration, Forests and Range, BC
50%
of harvested areas on crown land is regenerated naturally
source: State of Canada's Forests 2008

Virtually
Zero
deforestation in Canada for 20 years
source: State of the World's Forests 2007 FOA UN
About
880 million
hectares of land in Canada (not including 97 million hectares of water and unspecified land)
source: State of Canada's Forests 2005-06
About
295 million
hectares of forest land potentially available for commercial forestry
source:Statistics on Natural Resources, NRCan
More than
31 million
hectares of protected forest area (most in the world)
source: Center for International Forestry Research and UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre		     500 million
seedlings or more are planted every year in Canada
source: State of Canada's Forests 2008
97%
of all harvested fiber in Canada is used to make wood, pulp, paper or other products and fuel
source: Canadian Wood. Renewable by Nature, Sustainable by Design, 2008
19 times
more forest area was defoliated / killed by insects than was harvested in Canada in 2006. Just over a million ha was harvested in 2006 compared to 19.5 million ha killed
source: Canada's Forest - Statistics Canadian Forest Service (CFS) NRC
2.2 times
more forest area was burned in forest fires than was harvested in Canada in 2006. Just over a million ha was harvested in 2006 compared to 2.2 million ha burned
source: Canada's Forest - Statistics Canadian Forest Service (CFS) NRC