The Boreal Forest
1997 CE - 2022 CE
The largest terrestrial ecosystem on earth, the Boreal forest, covers over 2,539,500 square miles. Though it is the world’s most important carbon storehouse, over 90% of the Boreal is unprotected. “The Boreal is to carbon what Fort Knox is to gold. These vital reserves [are] a virtual shield against global warming. We should do everything we can to ensure that the carbon in these storehouses is not released.”
WHAT YOU CAN DO
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Visit Pew Environment Group and NRDC.
Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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