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Forest covers about 27% of the land area in the country. According
to Canada's National Forestry Database, about 9.6 million hectares
(23.7 million acres) of the public forestlands are for uses other
than timber production, including parks, game refuges, water
conseration areas, and nature preseres.
In
2001, an estimated 198.3 million cubic meters (7 billion cubic feet)
of round-wood was harested. Canada ranks as the third-largest
producer of coniferous wood products (after the United States and
Russia) and is the leading supplier of soft wood products to world
markets. Chief forest products in eastern Canada are pulp and paper
manufactures, especially newsprint. Canada leads the world in
newsprint production, with 9.2 million tons in 2000, accounting for
24% of the world's production. Exports of newsprint were alued at
over C$4.7 billion, with about three-fourths going to the United
States.
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In the west, the chief product is sawn timber. Sawn
wood production in 2000 totaled 69.6 million cubic meters (2.5
billion cubic feet), with exports alued at over C$8.2 billion.
About 75% of forestry exports are sent to the United States.
According to the CNFD, employment in the forestry sector accounted
directly for about 353,000 jobs.
Other well-known Canadian forestry sector products
include Christmas trees and maple syrup. Québec accounts for about
35% of the nation's annual Christmas tree production and 90% of
maple syrup production.
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Canada
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