Forest Degradation in Canada
New report released on April 16, 2025:
COUNTING ON CANADA’S COMMITMENTS: TO HALT AND REVERSE FOREST DEGRADATION BY 2030, CANADA MUST FIRST ADMIT IT HAS A PROBLEM
by
Julee Boan, Partnership Director, Global Nature with the Natural Resources Defense Council
and
Rachel Plotkin, Boreal Forest Manager with the David Suzuki Foundation.
Many will recognize the name of co-author Julee Boan. Dr. Julee Boan completed her Ph.D. in Forestry and the Forest Environment at Lakehead University. She is also a board member of Environment North, since 2006.
The report outlines the serious consequences of forest degradation in Canada's forests and makes recommendation on how the degradation can be prevented. This is an excerpt from the Executive Summary:
"This report explores specific examples of forest degradation using empirical evidence of the loss of structure, function, and/or composition in various forest ecosystems across Canada.
...
Without fundamental changes in forest management practices, incentives, and policy structures, forest degradation will continue to occur—unchecked and largely unmonitored—causing potentially irreversible harms to Canada’s forests and damaging Canada’s ability to meet its biodiversity and climate change commitments.
CLICK HERE to read the full report which includes a number of engaging graphics to quickly convey key points.