Videos

Wood products

What do bath towels, ping pong balls and toothpaste have in common? Find out which of the common household products you use everyday contain wood components.

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Mountain pine beetle and fire in our forests

This video describes the role fire and mountain pine beetle play in the forest and how forest management strategies like prescribed burning can help return forest ecosystems to a state of balance and health.

Duration: 5:03

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The boreal forest

Dr. Gordon Miller, former Director General with the Canadian Forest Service, discusses the social, economic and ecological importance of Canada's boreal forest to Canadians and the long history of research in this important region.

Duration: 5:09

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Natural disturbances in the boreal forest

Research scientists, Dr. Marty Alexander and Dr. Jan Volney, explain the role of natural disturbances in Canada’s boreal forest ecosystem.

Duration: 5:02

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Harvesting in the boreal forest

Dr. Doug Pitt, a vegetation management and biometrics scientist, discusses the scientific basis for the harvesting systems used in Canada’s boreal forest.

Duration: 4:56

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Protected areas

Scientist, Dr. Brenda McAfee, explains the importance of protected areas and sustainable forest management in forests.

Duration: 4:30

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Climate change

Dr. Werner Kurz discusses how Canada’s forests contribute to the overall carbon balance and explains how forest management and the use of forest products can promote carbon sequestration.

Duration: 2:59

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Forest-based bioenergy

Dr. David Paré, a forest ecosystem sustainability scientist, discusses forest-based bioenergy in Canada.

Duration: 4:14

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Spruce budworm

Forest insect ecologist, Dr. Deepa Pureswaran, discusses research on spruce budworm outbreaks in Canada’s boreal forest.

Duration: 2:09

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Natural regeneration following disturbance

Research scientists, Dr. Sylvie Gauthier and Dr. David Paré, explain the role of natural regeneration following disturbances in Canada's boreal forest.

Duration: 4:23

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Guide to the implementation of phytosanitary standards in forestry

As growing global trade expands opportunities for forest products, new threats from foreign insects and fungi are emerging from the woodwork. So how do we keep the bugs out? That's a question Natural Resources Canada research scientist Eric Allen has been helping to answer.

Duration: 4:25

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Boreal birds

This video discusses the relationship between forest management planning and the birds of the boreal forest.

Duration: 4:35

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The interest in forest-based bioenergy

This video describes forest-based bioenergy and the ecological and economic considerations of it being studied by Canadian researchers.

Duration: 3:45

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Public participation

This video discusses public participation in forest management planning in Canada.

Duration: 3:45

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Long-term monitoring plots

Dr. Louis De Grandpré discusses how he uses long-term monitoring plots on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence River to study the boreal forest.

Duration: 2:21

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Fuel accumulation and fire patterns

Dr. Sylvie Gauthier discusses her research on fuel accumulation and fire patterns on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence River.

Duration: 2:06

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