MITIGATE The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change† identifies the CLIMATE CHANGE protection of large tracts of intact forests as one of the four primary Adopt a precautionary approach to strategies for national action. [...] ADAPT COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES The canary in the coal mine of Canadian forests is the caribou. [...] Besides its Plan for and invest in an ecologically presence both in Canada’s wild landscapes and in the public imagination, the and socially responsible economy such caribou is an important indicator of ecosystem health. [...] Caribou in the mountains wood and in non-timber based rural of British Columbia and across the country’s Boreal forests are in precipitous businesses. [...] The fate Labrador) focus on trying to mitigate the impacts of logging and roads, are planted by companies after logging.15,16 Similarly, old forests of the caribou and Canada’s wilderness are while continuing to build roads and log in caribou habitat.
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