Research & Reports

Reports

• Conservation Value of the North American Boreal Forest from an Ethnobotanical Perspective
  (Fabruary 2010)
  Amanda Karst
  Commissioned by the Canadian Boreal Initiative, the David Suzuki Foundation, and the Boreal Songbird
  Initiative

• The Carbon the World Forgot: Conserving the Capacity of Canada’s Boreal Forest Region to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change
  (November 2009)
  Matt Carlson, Jeff Wells, Dina Roberts
  Read the executive summary

• The Real Wealth of the Mackenzie Region: Assessing the Natural Capital Values of a Northern Boreal Ecosystem
  (March 2009)
  Mark Anielski, Sara Wilson
  Commissioned by the Canadian Boreal Initiative
  (revised version currently available in English only)

• Counting Canada's Natural Capital: Assessing the Real Value of Canada's Ecosystem Services
  (March 2009)
  Mark Anielski, Sarah Wilson for the Pembina Institute
  Commissioned by the Canadian Boreal Initiative
  (revised version currently available in English only)

• Mineral Exploration Conflicts in Canada’s Boreal Forest
  (May 2008)
  International Boreal Conservation Campaign and Canadian Boreal Initiative

• Catching Up: Conservation and Biodiversity Offsets in Alberta's Boreal Forest (PDF - 3 MB)
  (March 2008)
  Simon Dyer, Jennifer Grant, Terra Lesack and Marian Weber
  Read the executive summary (PDF - 200 KB)
  
  
• Seeking a Balance: Assessing the Future Impacts of Conservation Development in the Mackenzie Watershed (January 2008)
  Matt Carlson, Erin Bayne and Brad Stelfox (PDF - 5,579 KB)
  Read the summary report (PDF - 5MB)
  
  
• The Boreal Forest Region: North America's Bird Nursery
  (April 2005)
  Peter Blancher, Bird Studies Canada and Jeffrey Wells, Boreal Songbird Initiative
  Commissioned by the Boreal Songbird Initiative and the Canadian Boreal Initiative (PDF - 1,879 KB)
  

• The Boreal in the Balance: Securing The Future of Canada's Boreal Region
  (January 31, 2005)
  Canadian Boreal Initiative

• The Boreal Forest at Risk: A Progress Report
  (June 23, 2003)
  Canadian Boreal Initiative
  
  
• The Importance of Canada's Boreal Forest to Landbirds
  (May 2003) - REVISED, July 2003
  Peter Blancher, Partners In Flight Scientist