While reforestation efforts are at the heart of the fight against climate change around the world, more than 11.5 million tree seedlings destined for Quebec forests were destroyed last year.
Ironically, it was extreme weather conditions that forced plant nurseries to discard those that did not meet the government’s criteria.
The significant losses, valued at $3.6 million, represent almost nine per cent of the trees that were poised to be planted in the province.
“Because the plants are produced outdoors, they are subject to increasingly frequent weather hazards in a context of climate change,” the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry said in an email.
“Early frosts in the
