The ecosystem-based management of boreal forest in Quebec

(june 2010)

The ecosystem-based management concept is relatively recent in Quebec. Its gradual setting-up joins in the renewal of the forest practices to answer more adequately the ecological concerns inherent to the concept of sustainable forest development, which contains legal fondations in the law on forests.

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The certification of the forest surfaces in Canada

(march 2010)

The certification of the forest surfaces appears as a voluntary and transparent process to establish a frame of management in compliance with the principles of sustainable development of forests. The forest certification aims at guaranteeing that forests are managed in the respect for the on a local scale regional and national values.

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The circumpolar boreal forest

The boreal forest which surround the Artic zone counts for 29% of the forest surface of the whole planet. We can find one of the vastest living organic carbon wells. The boreal forest offers the finest environnement for humans which provides a great habitat and ressources in abundance.

Click on different zone in the picture or in the flags below to see more details about a specific area.

Source : L'Encyclopédie de l'Agora. Adresse URL: www.agora.qc.ca