and newspaper production is connected to impacts on one of the
last intact forest ecosystems on Earth - the Canadian Boreal
Forest. It is estimated that 2.5 million acres of the Boreal are
logged each year and that 65% of the cut is specifically for
paper products such as books, newsprint, magazines, catalogs,
copy paper and tissue products. Eighty percent of this paper
production is destined for U.S. markets. 46% of all newsprint
consumed in the U.S. was once part of a Canadian forest, and
most of this is derived from the Boreal. The 1.3 billion acres
of the Canadian Boreal Forest span from Alaska to the Atlantic
Ocean, and provide crucial habitat for bears, wolves, lynx and
caribou. The Canadian Boreal also serves as the breeding ground
for billions of birds each year. Additionally, the Canadian
Boreal plays a vital role in mitigating the impacts of climate
change—storing between 7 and 11% of the carbon in the Earth's
biosphere. 1 million people live in more than 600 First Nations
communities throughout the