What are facts about Canada's forest land use?

Answer 1

There are many facts as Canada's forested land accounts for 10% of the worlds forest. Another reason why Canada sinks more carbon than it emits, because trees take carbon from the air and turn it into wood.

Canada's forests have always benefited from warming climates. Global Warming opens up even more areas to larger trees. Summers become longer, winters shorter giving trees more growing time.

Canada's forest use has not been great in the past. There is almost no old growth rain-forest remaining in Canada. The forests called rain-forests today are but shadows of what was there. Basically any thing that grows back green is considered rain-forest.

And Canada still allows clear cutting and the export of raw logs. These poor forest practices have been banned in many places around the world.

Replanting clear cut areas with single species has given insects lots of food and as much as 15 million ha are affected. Forest fires take another 3 million ha but Canada's forests are large and resilient.

Forest land use is improving. Unlike urban areas in Southern Canada industrial sites like those in Canada's Oilsands restore the forest when lands are no longer needed. And a forest is much more than a few trees. Restoration includes much more flora and fauna.