Editing Reforestation (section)

=== North America ===

==== Canada ====
[[Image:RedPinePlantation.JPG|thumb|right|A 21-year-old plantation of [[red pine]] in southern [[Ontario]]]]Natural Resources Canada (The Department of Natural Resources) states that the national forest cover was decreased by 0.34% from 1990 to 2015, and Canada has the lowest deforestation rate in the world.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 2014 |title=Indicator: Forest area |url=https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/forests/report/area/16397 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803191628/https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/forests/report/area/16397 |archive-date=3 August 2016 |access-date=7 September 2018 |website=Natural Resources Canada |publisher=Government of Canada}}</ref> The forest industry is one of the main industries in Canada, which contributes about 7% of Canadian economy,<ref>{{cite web |date=2014-08-26 |title=How does the forest industry contribute to the economy? |url=https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/forests/report/economy/16517 |access-date=7 September 2018 |website=Natural Resources Canada |publisher=Government of Canada}}</ref> and about 9% of the forests on Earth are in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |date=2013-04-16 |title=Sustainable forest management in Canada |url=https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/forests/canada/sustainable-forest-management/13183 |access-date=7 September 2018 |website=Natural Resources Canada |publisher=Government of Canada}}</ref> Therefore, Canada has many policies and laws to commit to sustainable forest management. For example, 94% of Canadian forests are public land, and the government obligates planting trees after harvesting to public forests.<ref>{{cite web |date=2013-06-27 |title=Deforestation in Canada: Key myths and facts |url=https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/forests/fire-insects-disturbances/deforestation/13419 |access-date=7 September 2018 |website=Natural Resources Canada |publisher=Government of Canada}}</ref>

==== United States ====
[[File:Regrowth - Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.JPG|thumb|Forest regrowth in [[Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest]], Washington state, US]]
It is the stated goal of the [[United States Forest Service]] (USFS) to manage forest resources sustainably. This includes reforestation after timber harvest, among other programs.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 April 2012 |title=Forest Service Chief testifies before Senate appropriations committee on 2013 agency budget |url=http://www.fs.fed.us/news/2012/releases/04/budget.shtml |access-date=29 April 2012 |publisher=US Forest Service}}</ref>
[[File:Reforestation, Montana, USA (9206).jpg|thumb|Reforestation in Montana, USA.]]
[[United States Department of Agriculture]] (USDA) data shows that forest occupied about 46% of total U.S. land in 1630 (when European settlers began to arrive in large numbers), but had decreased to 34% by 1910. After 1910, forest area has remained almost constant although the U.S. population has increased substantially.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Forest Resource Facts and Historical Trends |url=https://www.fia.fs.fed.us/library/brochures/docs/2012/ForestFacts_1952-2012_English.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219214554/https://www.fia.fs.fed.us/library/brochures/docs/2012/ForestFacts_1952-2012_English.pdf |archive-date=19 December 2018 |access-date=7 September 2018 |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture}}</ref> In the late 19th century, the USFS was established in part to address the concern of natural disasters due to deforestation, and new reforestation programs and federal laws such as the Knutson-Vandenberg Act (1930) were implemented. The USFS states that human-directed reforestation is required to support natural regeneration and the agency engages in ongoing research into effective ways to restore forests.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reforestation Overview |url=https://www.fs.fed.us/restoration/reforestation/overview.shtml |access-date=7 September 2018 |website=U.S. Forest Service}}</ref>

As for the year 2020, the U.S. planted 2.5&nbsp;billion trees per year. At the beginning of the year 2020, a bill that will increase the number to 3.3&nbsp;billion, was proposed by the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], after President [[Donald Trump]] joined the [[Trillion Tree Campaign]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Frazin |first1=Rachel |last2=Beitsch |first2=Rebecca |date=2 February 2020 |title=GOP bill will seek to commit US to planting 3.3 billion trees annually |agency=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/480968-gop-lawmaker-wants-us-to-commit-to-planting-33-billion-trees |access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref>