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Culturally Important Trees of the Montréal Process: Australia - River red gum, a canoe tree (Eucalyptus camaldulensis)
Aboriginal Australians use bark from mature River red gums to form canoes and shields, with relic trees prevailing as scar or ‘canoe trees’.
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Culturally Important Trees of the Montréal Process: Canada - Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
The maple leaf is featured on Canada’s flag and these beautiful trees have become a symbol of Canada’s national identity and a part of its history. (Photo courtesy iStock.com)
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North American “Forests Without Borders”
The Montréal Process countries of North America share a diverse and extensive range of forest types. This storymap shows they increasingly share data to describe those forests.

Criteria and Indicators
The seven criteria and 54 indicators of the Montreal Process provide a common framework for member countries to describe, monitor, assess, and report on national forest trends and progress toward sustainable forest management.
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Montreal Process Country Reports
The Montreal Process provides a framework of criteria and indicators for countries to report progress towards achieving sustainable forest ecosystem management for both planted and natural forests.

Public Service Announcement
Christina Hendricks Promotes Sustainable Forestry and the Montreal Process.

The United States releases the 2020 National Report on Sustainable Forests

Montreal Process Synthesis Report 2023: English (PDF, 3.3 MB), French (PDF, 2.9 MB), Spanish (PDF, 3 MB)
Overview and country highlights from the Montréal Process, 2019: English (PDF, 10.4 MB), French (PDF, 13.5 MB), Spanish (PDF, 9.8 MB)


