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   "Fast Stats" about Nova Scotia's Forests

Nova Scotia - a Profile
  Population
Total Area
Land Area
Forest Land
Provincial Parks
Protected Areas

 
942,691
5.5 million ha
5.3 million ha
4.25 million ha
30,834 ha
287,320 ha
 

  Forest Type

  Softwood
Hardwood
Mixedwood
Other 		  54%
13%
24%
9%		  
   

  Forest Resource Ownership

 

Private
Federal government
Provincial government

  69%
3%
28%
  
         

  Forest Industry

 

Value of exports (2001)
Newsprint
Other paper and paperboard
Wood pulp
Softwood lumber
Other products

 

$1.1 billion
28%
28%
20%
18%
6%

 
 

Major export markets (2001)
United States
South and Central America
European Union
Other countries

  
72%
12%
10%
6%
 
  Balance of trade (2001)

Value of shipments (1999)
Logging (1999)
Wood product manufacturing (1999)
Paper manufacturing (1999)

Number of establishments (2002)
Logging (1999)
Wood product manufacturing (2002)
Paper manufacturing (2002)

Direct jobs (2003)

Indirect jobs (2003)

   $ 1.1 billion

$1.8 billion
$247.6 million
$455.3 million
$1.1 billion

880
598
279
3

13,000

5,278
  

  Potential Wood Supply (2001-05)

   7.6 million m3  
  Forest land harvested per year.
Harvested areas that grow back naturally.
Reforestation using seedlings
Thinning by pre-commercial operations (annually)		   > 1.8%
85%
15%
7034.7 ha


  
  Forest Growth Rate (10 yr. ave.)(m3/ha/yr)
Gross
Net		  
+ 3.129
+ 2.048

  

  Harvest

      
   

(volume)
Indusustrial roundwood (2002)
(area)
Industrial roundwood (2001)

 
6.1 million m3

53 270 ha

  

  Status of harvested Crown land (1999)

  Stocked
Understocked 		 
191 000 ha (97%)
6 600 ha (3%)
  
 
 


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