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A brighter shade of green : Agenda for caribou, climate and conservation in Canada's forests

26 Apr 2007

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.

agriculture environment climate change forests sustainability economy conservation global warming natural resources ecology endangered species forestry forest products industry ecosystem forest resilience conservation biology environmental science boreal woodland caribou woodland caribou forest stewardship council forests and forestry boreal extinction intact forests carbon budget
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