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In 2016, 15,489,117 hectares (38,274,440 acres) of Canadian forests were destroyed by insects. [2] Two main insects place the Canadian forestry industry at risk, the mountain pine beetle and the emerald ash borer. The mountain pine beetle has destroyed much of the western lodgepole pine stock. The pine beetle has thrived due to a combination of ...
The Canadian Forestry Association (CFA) is Canada's oldest conservation organization. It was established on March 8, 1900 by a group of influential Canadians from government and industry, at the Canadian parliament buildings in Ottawa ON. [ 1 ]
Boreal Forest Region - This the largest forest region in Canada. It is located in the north and contains about one third of the world's circumpolar boreal forests . Coast Forest Region - Located on the west coast, this region almost entirely comprises coniferous trees including the Douglas-fir , Sitka spruce , western hemlock , and western red ...
The Canadian Forest Service (CFS; French: Service canadien des forêts) is a sector of the Canadian government department of Natural Resources Canada.Part of the federal government since 1899, the CFS is a science-based policy organization responsible for promoting the sustainable development of Canada's forests and competitiveness of the forest sector to benefit present and future Canadians.
He was promoted to Minister of Forests in 1991. In 1986, Côté implemented a new set of forestry guidelines with the Forest Act. In January 1991, he defended his forestry protection strategy with the document Aménager pour mieux protéger les forêts. This strategy was heard by the Quebec Bureau of Public Hearings on the Environment that same ...
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan; French: Ressources naturelles Canada; RNCan) [NB 1] is the department of the Government of Canada responsible for natural resources, energy, minerals and metals, forests, earth sciences, mapping, and remote sensing. It was formed in 1994 by amalgamating the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources with the ...
Harvey Reginald MacMillan, CC CBE (September 9, 1885 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian forester, forestry industrialist, wartime administrator, and philanthropist.. Born in Pine Orchard, Whitchurch Township, Ontario (today part of Whitchurch–Stouffville), he attended school in Bogarttown, Sharon, and Aurora. [1]