GGR227H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Populus Tremuloides, Betula Papyrifera, Acer Saccharum
Document Summary
Supports commercial activities such as logging, wood fibre, and sawlog production, pulp and paper mills, and fibreboard production. Almost 50% of the boreal forest is currently allocated to industry (relatively few protected areas) Canada: worlds leading forest-product exporter (~15. 9% of global trade) Ecosystem services to the tune of billion/yr. Home to a wide diversity of terrestrial and aquatic wildlife. Large areas are now experiencing a number of serious environmental stressors. Deforestation: permanent conversion of forest to other land uses. Deforestation from unsustainable forest practices is also rising rapidly.
