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

Population and territory

Graph : Distribution of the ground surface according to the country

Graph : Distribution of the population according to the country

Graphique : Portion of the population living in rural areas according to the country (%)

Source : Situation of the world's forests in 2009

Source : Alaska on Wikipedia