The Canadian Government has announced a five-year moratorium on commercial logging within an expanded buffer zone around the Boreal Forest. The decision, aimed at preserving biodiversity and carbon sequestration, covers 45% of the forested area. Environmental agencies say the banned zone affects roughly 50 million hectares—crucial habitat for caribou and thousands of plant species. Indigenous groups and conservation organizations have praised the moratorium as a milestone in sustainable forest stewardship.
Conservationists in Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, and Nepal are monitoring the policy as a potential framework for protecting high-altitude forests and coordinating cross-border ecological governance.
