The CBFA encompasses seven conservation organizations, 19 forest companies and 51% of the forests in Canada’s boreal region (CBFA, 2015). A report on ecosystem-based management (EBM) released by the CBFA in August 2014 (Van Damme et al, 2014) concluded, among other things, that several policy gaps remain that limit the full implementation of EBM. These include weak links to EBM in operations, a lack of clear standards for including EBM in forest management practices, few examples of integrated land-use planning and assessment capacity, and the poor quality of input data to support effective EBM.