Canada’s environmental watchdog says Ottawa is using 'creative accounting' to support the claim that its program to plant two billion trees is exceeding targets.
In August, Natural Resources Canada revised interim numbers on its progress toward the target of planting two billion trees by 2030-31.
In a statement, NRCAN said it revised its 2021 figure by adding millions of trees planted through partner programs like Environment and Climate Change Canada's Low Carbon Economy Fund . In 2022, the department said it had planted 28 million trees through its partners, missing its interim target for that year of 60 million.
"I mean, at the end of the day, I am not sure Canadians care if some of the trees come from Low Carbon Economy or some come from other programs," Wilkinson said. But the environmental advocacy organization Nature Canada said that if the government is counting existing trees that were already planted, it cannot claim its two billion tree program is offering any additional value.
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