- The UN's State of the World's Forests report outlines that North America showed a slight increase in forest area between 1990 and 2010. Canada's forested area remained constant at 310 million hectares.
- The planted forest area in North America also increased, and the region showed a relatively stable, positive trend in the level of biomass it contained.
- North American accounts for about 25 percent of global primary forests, a designation given to old-growth forests. In Canada, 53 per cent of its forests are primary.
- The report also highlights that areas of forest designated primarily for soil and water conservation are less than in other regions, but the management of these areas is largely embedded in national and local laws and other forest management guidance.
- In contrast with other regions, a very small amount of wood (about 10 percent) was removed for woodfuel, with the remaining amount removed for industry.
- Employment trends in the United States of America and Canada's forest sectors showed a decline over the last decade.
- A recent report on the state of British Columbia's forests, produced by the province's ministry of forests, found the area of protected forests over 140 years old has increased by almost one million hectares since 2002 and now totals 4.5 million hectares.
- The report also concluded there are 11 billion cubic metres of timber in the province, half of which will never be harvested.
Source: 2011 United Nations report o State of World's Forests and B.C.'s state of forests report.
