Title: Canadas Boreal Forest
1Canadas Boreal Forest
Missing Link in Global Climate Talks
2Where is the Boreal Forest?
3The Worlds Intact ForestsBefore and After
4The Worlds Intact ForestsBefore and After
5Canadas Boreal Forest
- 80 of the worlds intact forests have been
lost - Canadas Boreal Forest contains almost 25 of
the worlds remaining intact forests
6Carbon Storage
- The global boreal ecosystem is the worlds
largest land reservoir of carbon - 186 billion tons of carbon, or 27 years worth of
the worlds industrial emissions, are stored in
its trees, soils, and peat
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8But
- Current carbon international frameworks are
inadequate for conserving northern biotic
carbon -
- This can undermine limits to industrial emissions
9Carbon and Biodiversity
- Stored terrestrial carbon often occurs in areas
also rich with wildlife -
- Overlap presents great opportunities to protect
carbon and biodiversity at the same time
10Carbon Frequency and Caribou Habitat
11Industrial Impacts in Canadas Boreal
Logging
Oil Gas
Mining
Hydro
12Industrial Impacts in Canadas BorealBefore and
After
13Industrial Impacts in Canadas BorealBefore and
After
1430 Designated for Logging
Every minute, 2 acres of Boreal Forest are cut
down
1550 Claimed for Mining
16Scientists Call for Protection
- 1500 conservation scientists from around the
world send letter to Canada in May 2007 - Letter urges asking that at least 50 of the
Canadian Boreal Forest be permanently protected,
with remaining 50 receiving sustainable
development
17Conservation Planning Creates New Parks
- 130 million acres receives strict protection as
new parks, wildlife refuges, and other
conservation areas from 2000 to 2009 - Vast expansion (multiples) of existing parks in
Nahanni, Great Slave Lake, Great Bear Lake,
Northern Quebec
18Ontario Announces Conservation Plan to Protect
Boreal Forest
July 14, 2008 Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty
follows advice from scientists, protects 110
million acres of intact Boreal Forest, half to
become new parks
19Québec Quickly Follows with Own Boreal
Conservation Plan
Nov. 16, 2008 Québec Premier Jean Charest
continues momentum with promise to protect 284
million acres
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