Jul 25, 2018 · Runaway logging in the globally-important forest violates the rights of Indigenous Peoples, devastates wildlife, and jeopardizes drinking water sources. It also puts the entire world at risk by...

Sep 27, 2022 · The Canadian boreal forest is one of Earth’s most important ecosystems and carbon sinks, but unsustainable logging is putting it, its wildlife and our planet in jeopardy.

Mar 5, 2025 · One thought on “Boreal forests’ wildfire recovery significantly stunted from high-intense flames and post-fire logging, study finds” hendrickmaulanaibrahim says: March 13, 2025 at 4:52 am

Jan 4, 2024 · But a new study using nearly half a century of data from the provinces of Ontario and Quebec — two of the country’s main commercial logging regions — reveals that harvesting trees has inflicted...

Today, more than 7,000 abandoned mines can be found scattered throughout the forest, with more than 3,000 of them within 1 kilometer (0.62 miles) of a lake, river, or stream. Some were left in such bad condition that contaminants could still be found leaking into nearby waterways decades after closure.

Aug 1, 2023 · Ongoing industrial logging is destroying a vast area of some of the world’s last remaining intact forests in the north of Canada. Coupled with the worst wildfire season in history, the Boreal forest is in crisis. We all must stand up now to demand action to protect what remains.

Apr 7, 2021 · This report finds that global wood and pulp suppliers operating in Canada’s boreal forest are failing to implement critical social and environmental safeguards, putting the rights of Indigenous...

Sep 7, 2024 · To track destruction of older woodlands in these certified zones, Reuters analyzed forestry data in Ontario, a major logging province. The analysis found that about 30% of the certified boreal...

Nov 1, 2017 · In the report, NRDC examines how clearcut logging in the boreal forest contributes to Canada’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. We found that clearcutting is responsible for an estimated 26...

Feb 19, 2025 · Logging a forest that didn’t grow back at all resulted in 1,950 MtCO2 of stored forest carbon pouring into the atmosphere during those years – an average of nearly 200 MtCO2 each year. ... with the temperate conifer forests of Western North America and the northern boreal forests being hit particularly hard. Fire emissions in boreal forests ...