Ontario's Boreal Forest

Protected Areas Toolkit

Ontario Nature: Who We Are (PDF 714k)

• Why A Protected Areas Toolkit?
• Scope and Purpose of the Toolkit
• Tembec Inc. and the Gordon Cosens Forest – An Opportunity for Change

Why Do We Need Protected Areas? (PDF 10.6MB)

• Protected Areas Factsheet - English (PDF 139k)
• Protected Areas Factsheet - Cree (PDF 167k)

Protected Areas Policy and Planning in Ontario (PDF 106k)

• Room to Grow (PDF 1MB)
• Northern Boreal Initiative - Community-based Land Use Planning (PDF 280k)
• Forest Certification (PDF 648k)
• FSC Principles and Criteria for Forest Stewardship (PDF 155k)

First Nations Participation Checklist (PDF 290k)

• Aboriginal Values in Protected Areas in Canada (PDF 2MB)
• Shared Values in the Heart of the Boreal (PDF 1.7MB)

How Are Protected Areas Selected? (PDF 255k)

• Description of Conservation Considerations (PDF 284k)
• Forest Management Guide for Cultural Heritage Values (PDF 830k)
• Cultural Heritage Values Data (PDF 208k)
• A Landscape-based Protected Areas Gap Analysis and GIS Tool for Conservation Planning (PDF 1.2MB)
• Establishing a Protected Area Network in Canada's Boreal Forest (PDF 86k)
• Chief Kerry's Moose (PDF 2.2MB)

Gordon Cosens Forest - Conservation and Constraints Mapping (PDF 162k)

• Map - Conservation Values (PDF 2.1MB)
• Map - Diversity of NRVIS Points (PDF 1.6MB)
• Map - International Biological Program - Gordon Cosens Forest (PDF 1.4MB)
• Map - Natural Resources Values - Information System Features (PDF 1.7MB)
• Map - Old Growth Forest Within Unfragmented Forest - Gordon Cosens Forest (PDF 2.8MB)
• Map - Sturgeon Occurences - Gordon Cosens Forest (PDF 1.4MB)
• Map - Unfragmented Forest Blocks in Gordon Cosens Forest (PDF 1.4MB)

• GIS Data Available (PDF 165k)

Additional Reading and Resources

• It's in Our Nature (PDF 1.4MB)

Contacts (PDF 106k)