High Conservation Values in EcoRegion 3S

High Conservation Value Forests (HCVFs) are defined by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) as forests of outstanding and critical importance due to their high environmental, biodiversity, social or landscape values. Although primarily designed as a tool to guide FSC certification, the HCVF concept is now being extended to broad-scale conservation planning including the design of representative networks of protected areas and special management areas. This new publication presents information on conservation values using the HCVF concept that should be considered during land use planning, where a range of management prescriptions are considered, including legislated protection. (pdf file, note large file 9MB)

Within the Lac Seul Upland: a geographical protrait of Ecoregion 3S

An inventory of many of the ecological and cultural values of the most intact boreal forest area left in the country. (pdf 19.4MB). High-res print copies can be purchased for $50.00 (discount available for First Nations) through our office.

Uncertain Future: Woodland Caribou and Canada's Boreal Forest (pdf file, 1.2MB)

Governments are failing to save Canada's woodland caribou, according to a new CPAWS report, co-authored with the Sierra Club of Canada.

The Boreal Forest:Ontario's Big Wild 

Read about Ontario's boreal forest in our 12-page, full-colour special report.             

Shared Values in the Heart of the Boreal - The words of 17 First Nations and 9 conservation groups from workshop proceedings held in January 2004.  (1.74 MB)

More boreal publications...