The role of science in the CBFA

This presentation will discuss how the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) is a model for applying the world’s leading science to on-the-ground environmental and economic realities. It will highlight how the CBFA provides signatories and other stakeholders with an incredible opportunity to advance scientific research through its application to real, on-the-ground management of environmental, economic and social policy issues in Canada’s boreal forest, and to adapt that research to emerging challenges. It will outline how scientific research was one of the most important tools used by the forestry and environmental group signatories to the CBFA in reaching consensus to protect threatened woodland caribou and support a viable forest industry in Canada. It will discuss how scientific research plays an important role in helping CBFA signatories find constructive solutions between the forest industry and environmental organizations in Canada.