ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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planting seeds and seedlings.
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spending billions of dollars selling forests.
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encouraging clear-cutting to keep lumber costs down.
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providing new homes for wildlife and new areas for human recreation.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Government of Canada is investing in revitalizing our forest ecosystems-including by planting two billion trees. As part of this initiative, communities and industries from coast to coast to coast are raising saplings, planting trees and bringing innovative technologies to the table.
Detailed explanation-2: -Federal laws designate and define protected areas For example, industrial activities such as harvesting, mining and hydroelectric development are banned in nearly 95% of Canada’s protected forests. About 24 million hectares of forest area is protected in Canada, almost 7% of the country’s total forest area.
Detailed explanation-3: -Solution : To conserve our forest and wildlife different protected areas called sanctuaries, national parks and biosphere reserves have been developed. Plantation, cultivation, grazing, felling trees, hunting and poaching are prohibited here.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 2022 and 2023, the federal government plans to double that to 60 million trees planted annually. By 2027, the number of trees planted across Canada under the program is expected to peak at 320 million per year.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is the country’s unifying force for nature, working to deliver large-scale, permanent land conservation. With nature we are building a thriving world.