Natural Resources Canada's national research forests, Acadia and Petawawa, are two living laboratories that have historical scientific data spanning over 90 years. This unique data provides researchers and forestry practitioners with long-term trends to help address current and future ecological and operational forestry issues...

In October 2008, a group of forest scientists from Natural Resources Canada's Canadian Forest Service (CFS) met and discussed the terminology used in mainstream media to discuss conservation and development in Canada's boreal forest. Terms such as ancient forests, old-growth forests, intact forests or intactness, and protected areas were analyzed from a scientific perspective, and their application with respect to forestry practices in Canada was discussed...

It is not possible to calculate revenues from forest operations as they depend on unknown future market demand for species and dimensions of material harvested. Growing wood profitably for delivery to processing industries has two main expense drivers: the cost of re-establishing ‘free-to grow' trees after harvest intervention and the cost of harvesting mature trees...

In light of the global forestry situation and growing energy requirements, a number of countries are showing an increasing interest in the cultivation of fast-growing trees, such as poplars with exotic components. For several decades, poplar varieties have been developed through breeding programs with the goal of obtaining better performing trees that are better adapted to the various growing environments...