Report: Conservation Value of the North American Boreal Forest from an Ethnobotanical Perspective by the Canadian Boreal Initiative, David Suzuki Foundation, and Boreal Songbird Initiative
Indigenous communities in the boreal forest have relied on traditional knowledge and use of plants for thousands of years. This relationship between traditional peoples and the plants surrounding them must be incorporated more thoroughly into land-use planning and conservation work going on in the north.

Report: The Carbon the World Forgot: Conserving the Capacity of Canada's Boreal Forest Region to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change by the Boreal Songbird Initiative and Canadian Boreal Initiative
This report underscores the importance of boreal forests in terms of climate change. Not only do boreal forests store nearly twice as much carbon as tropical forests, but they are expected to be adaptation hotspots for species struggling to adapt to the effects of climate change.

Report: The State of Canada's Rivers at Risk: Environmental Flows and Canada's Freshwater Future by World Wildlife Fund
This report by World Wildlife Fund shows that many of Canada's great rivers are under threat from global warming and increasing demand of freshwater resources, including drainage for agriculture, hydroelectric output, and expanding city and industrial use.

Fact Sheet: Canada's Oil Sands: America's #1 Source of Oil has Dangerous Consequences by International Boreal Conservation Campaign
Shows the connection between the oil sands and the US, and provides three specific examples of environmental degradation that comes with oil sands production: intensive emissions far higher than extracting traditional oil, deforestation of the Boreal Forest and loss of wildlife, and diminishing water quality from toxins for downstream aboriginal communities.

Study: Old-growth forests as global carbon sinks, published in Nature, Sept. 2008

Dispels arguments commonly made by government and industry officials that old-growth forests are carbon neutral (some even argue they add carbon to the atmosphere during decomposition).  It finds old-growth forests continue to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmopshere. The authors make a strong recommendation to keep old growth systems intact as a strategy of mitigation.

Report: The Economics of Protecting Old Growth Forest: An Analysis of Spotted Owl Habitat in the Fraser Timber Supply Area of British Columbia by David Suzuki Foundation
Researchers at Simon Fraser University (sponsored by the David Suzuki Foundation) compiled research and ran computer models that helped determine the true value of forests. They found that forests are actually worth much more standing than being logged due to the worth of forests in storing carbon, being used recreationally and providing other natural resources and products other than timber.

Report: Unconventional Oil : Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel? by World Wildlife Fund

This report by World Wildlife Fund highlights the environmental devastation going on in the tar sands of northern Alberta. It covers issues such as the destruction of the Boreal Forest, abnormally high emissions for oil extraction, threats to wildlife, and even the health impacts on First Nations communities. It concludes with recommendations for government, oil companies, and investors.

Report: Climate Change Enclosed!: Junk Mail's Impact on Global Warming by Forest Ethics

This clever report by Forest Ethics shows you exactly how much carbon is released to produce junk mail. It then compares this with other equivalent carbon producers - it's the equivalent of driving almost 10 million cars! Nearly 50% of the emissions come from destroying forests and releasing the previously stored carbon.