Learning from the Past, Building for the Future We are recklessly destroying the timber of Canada, and there is scarcely the possibility of replacing it.

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Learning from the Past, Building for the Future We are recklessly destroying the timber of Canada, and there is scarcely the possibility of replacing it. [Sir John A. MacDonald 1871]

Canada’s Forests Today Canada has 10% of the world’s forest-covering 4.5 million square kilometres, an area larger than the landmass of Eastern and Western Europe combined. Nova Scotia has a land area of 55,284 km 2, so Canada’s forests cover an area that is equal to about 81 Nova Scotia provinces.

90% of our forests are publicly owned. Canadian forests help to protect 20% of the world’s fresh water.

Forestry employs 800,000+ Canadians communities have forestry-based economies.

Of Canada’s 453 million hectares of forest, 26.7 million hectares are heritage forests, protected by law to remain in their natural state and another 24 million are conservation forests protected from harvesting. 1 hectare [ha] = 100m x 100m 2.47 acres = 1 hectare

Canada’s Forest Heritage The early pioneers who reached North America were greeted by diverse communities of indigenous peoples, living in harmony with their natural surroundings. The newcomers saw nature as something different, often inhospitable and frightening, yet also seemingly limitless. These attitudes and the perceived need to improve their surroundings, resulted in dramatic changes to the Canadian Landscape.

Large tracts of virgin timber were cleared overnight to free the land for crops and livestock. Settlers used wood for everything-tools, furniture, water buckets, sewer collectors- and they burned it for fuel wood, charcoal and potash. What they did not use, they simply tossed onto huge bonfires. Vast tracts of land were cleared for homesteading.

During the 19 th century, to meet the British Navy’s heavy demands for timber more lands were cleared. Later, timber became an essential part of Canada’s economy and by 1918, this country was already the world’s largest producer of pulp and paper.

Today’s Forests Today, the attitudes and treatment of the forests have changed. They are recognized for the essential role forests play in our health and well-being but we no longer see them as inexhaustible. Reforestation has increased steadily since the Second World War and what were once wastelands are now productive forests.

Genetic research is identifying and producing healthy, fast-growing trees. Wildfires that once damaged huge tracts of forest have been reduced and the value of fire to many forest ecosystems has been recognized

The demand for forest products is rising around the globe, it is balanced by a recognition that forests have many other values – environmental, social, recreational and even spiritual. It is acknowledged that while our forests are a renewable resource, they are not indestructible.