The seventh Harry Potter book, Deathly Hallows, choses to print on forest-friendly paper (recycled or Ancient Forest Friendly). Deathly Hallows is expected to sell 1.2 million copies and printing on “friendlier” paper will result in 200,000 fewer trees cut down to feed demand.

The province of Ontario is planning to spend $79 million to plant 50 million trees, as a contribution to the UN’s 1 billion trees campaign.

IATA, the global airline body representing 240 airlines announced its plan to convert to electronic tickets by June 1, 2008. This change will not only cut airlines’ costs ($9 per traveler) but also save 50,000 mature trees a year.

Cuttings from Ontario Elm trees that survived the Dutch Elm disease in the 1950s to 1970s are being bred by scientists at the University of Guelph, in hopes to reestablish healthy disease-resistant saplings.

“In one week, Southern California’s wildfires spewed the same amount of carbon dioxide — the primary global-warming gas — as the state’s power plants and vehicles did, scientists figure.”

Toronto’s Mayor David Miller announced that Toronto aims to double its canopy cover of urban forest by the year 2050 as one of the city’s key goals in its green plan. But will Toronto be prepared and willing to change?

“Just three weeks into the job, Natural Resources Minister Donna Cansfield has angered environmentalists over whether to curb, or even ban, logging in Algonquin Provincial Park.” Logging practices threaten birds, animals and old-growth trees in Ontario’s oldest Provincial Park.