Friday, September 05, 2014

Canada Leads the World in Forest Decline

Boreal forests, like this one pictured in Northern Ontario, and others in Quebec, Saskatchewan and Alberta, appear to have been hit particularly hard by wild fires and resource exploitation. (Credit: HO/Postmedia News file photo , Postmedia News) Click to enlarge.
The world's virgin forests are being lost at an increasing rate and the largest portion of the degradation is in Canada, according to a new report.

 No longer is Brazil the main villain in the struggle to stop forest destruction.

 "Canada is the number one in the world for the total area of the loss of intact forest landscapes since 2000," Peter Lee, of Forest Watch Canada, said in an interview.

 He said the main drivers are fires, logging and energy and industrial development.

 Canada Leads the World in Forest Decline, Study Says
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