To meet the considerable challenge of sustainable forest management, the Government intends to implement a weighted approach in which the bulk of the protection effort is focused on the key elements of caribou habitat, in places where the chances of success are the greatest.
The Government’s action plan is divided into two phases. In the first phase, specific actions will be taken immediately, in order to maintain the essential components of caribou habitat and calm the controversy. In the second phase, the socioeconomic consequences of the measures under consideration will be analyzed in detail, the actors concerned will be consulted, alternative sources of timber will be identified, and a long-term strategy for caribou habitat stewardship will be prepared.