Criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management in Canada : Criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management in Canada, national status 2005

Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management in % Forest Total Area Forest Canada: National Status 2005 is the Council’s second report and Other Land Are a and Other on Canada’s progress toward sustainable forest manage- Wooded Land (Millions Wooded Land of ha) (Millions of ha) ment, and it uses the revised framework. [...] All provinces and territories monitor and enforce harvesting standards to protect forest soils and water, and the rate of compliance is high. [...] Ontario, where about 40 percent of the Canadian shipments of timber increased in real terms – just population lives and about half of the housing starts occur, not as quickly as the rest of the economy. [...] Direct science and technology (S&T) About 350 Canadian communities depend on the forest funding and purchases of technology industry, and about 80 percent of Aboriginal communi- and services are improving forest ties are located in forest areas. [...] Canada’s forests are among the largest in the world and are at the heart of Canada’s growth and prosperity.