Innovating Canada
CAMPAIGN: Protecting Canada’s Forests & Biodiversity (2024)
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Who Knew? Canada’s Logging Industry Is a Major CO2 Emissions Source
New research shows that Canada’s logging sector is a major source of greenhouse emissions, challenging the myth of sustainable forestry. According to the 2024 Logging Emissions Update from Nature Canada, Nature Québec, and the Natural Resources Defense Council, logging in Canada released 147 megatonnes (Mt) of carbon dioxide in 2022 — one fifth of...
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Boosting Biodiversity: How We Measure Success on Reforested Sites
Forests Ontario measures biodiversity on newly planted sites using proxies like tree species, landscape connectivity, and indicator species. Biodiversity contributes to the resilience and integrity of ecosystems by supporting soil formation, climate regulation, and air quality regulation – ensuring that ecosystems can adapt to changes and stresses. Typically, biodiversity can be measured by the number...
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Sustaining Our Forests Through Two-Eyed Seeing
Canadians are invited to participate in National Forest Week — a one-week campaign led by the Canadian Institute of Forestry / Institut forestier du Canada (CIF-IFC) — from September 22-28, 2024. The 2024 National Forest Week theme “Two-Eyed Seeing: Welcoming all knowledge to sustain our forests” is a powerful perspective braiding traditional knowledge with western...
