Editing Forest (section)

=== Canada ===
{{Main|Forests of Canada}}
[[File:Garibaldi National Park - Garibaldi Mountain.jpg|thumb|[[Garibaldi Provincial Park]], [[British Columbia]]]]

Canada has about {{convert|4|e6km2|e6sqmi|abbr=off}} of forest land. More than 90% of forest land is publicly owned and about 50% of the total forest area is allocated for harvesting. These allocated areas are managed using the principles of sustainable forest management, which include extensive consultation with local stakeholders. About eight percent of Canada's forest is legally protected from resource development.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalforestwatch.org/country/CAN|title=Canada|publisher=Global Forest Watch Canada|access-date=28 November 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204160012/http://www.globalforestwatch.org/country/CAN|archive-date=4 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="nrcan">{{cite web|url=http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/forests|title=Canada's Forests|publisher=Natural Resources Canada|date=14 October 2014|access-date=28 November 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141120200746/http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/forests|archive-date=20 November 2014}}</ref> Much more forest land—about 40 percent of the total forest land base—is subject to varying degrees of protection through processes such as integrated [[land use planning]] or defined management areas, such as certified forests.<ref name="nrcan"/>

By December 2006, over {{convert|1.2|e6km2|sqmi|abbr=off}} of forest land in Canada (about half the global total) had been certified as being sustainably managed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.certificationcanada.org/en/statistics/ |publisher=Canadian Sustainable Forestry Certification Coalition |website=Certification status – Canada & the globe|title=Statistics|access-date=28 November 2014}}</ref> [[Clearcutting]], first used in the latter half of the 20th century, is less expensive, but devastating to the environment; and companies are required by law to ensure that harvested areas are adequately regenerated. Most Canadian provinces have regulations limiting the size of new clear-cuts, although some older ones grew to {{convert|110|km2|sqmi}} over several years.

The [[Canadian Forest Service]] is the government department which looks after Forests in Canada.