About the Boreal Information Centre

The Boreal Information Centre is an information warehouse offering geospatial datasets and summaries to aide in land-use and conservation planning of the North American boreal forest biome. The mission of the Boreal Information Centre is to provide objective, high-quality data and information to support North American boreal forest conservation and management.

The Boreal Information Centre is a collaborative effort of numerous groups and organizations (see Centre partners), and is guided by an advisory group of natural resource and conservation professionals.

Partners and users of the Centre include the conservation community, forest product suppliers and buyers, energy firms, lending institutions, aboriginal peoples, government agencies, academics, and others. The data will assist these users in making policy and management decisions that will protect the ecological integrity of the boreal forest. The Centre's technical work is led by Global Forest Watch Canada and the Conservation Biology Institute.