Forest Conditions
The forested ecozones of Canada are used as the ecological reporting
framework by the Canadian Forest Service. Two to three forested
ecozones are addressed each year. Canada consists of 15 terrestrial
ecozones and 5 marine ecozones. These ecozones delineate ecologically
distinctive areas of the Earth’s surface. They represent a
distinct mesh and interplay of geologic, climatic, vegetative, wildlife
and human factors that may be present. The dominance of any one
or a number of these factors varies with the ecozone. The terrestrial
ecozones are used by several federal agencies for national reporting
purposes and are linked to ecological reporting carried out by several
provinces and territories. Internationally, they are linked to the
Ecological Regions of North America as developed by the Commission
for Environmental Cooperative of the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) and to the Global Ecological Regions prepared by the
Food And Agriculture Organization
(FAO) of the United Nations.
Ecozone Reports
Provincial Reports
Forest Fire Reports
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