The enormous and ecologically vital boreal forest extends through North America, northern Europe and Siberia, but the largest portion is in Canada. Beyond being an important natural habitat for ...

At a conference Monday, 1500 prominent scientists called for protection of Canada’s boreal forest, one of the largest ... we hope to protect this globally important ecosystem.” ...

Location: Northeastern Alberta, Canada. Methods: We used the LANDIS-II forest ... our simulations projected that an important proportion of Alberta's boreal forests would transition to treeless ...

“Protecting the boreal forest is not just important for Canada. It’s important for conservation from a global perspective.” The project is a collaborative effort of Nature Conservancy of ...

Forest fires in the boreal forests of Canada are an important source of greenhouse gas emissions reports a new study published in the journal Nature. University of Wisconsin-Madison forest ecology ...

The new report points out that Canada's boreal ... and don't think of its important role in the earth's ecology, then it gets out of balance." The boreal forests affect the daily lives of ...

Canada also ... The analogy of the boreal forest as the world's Noah's Ark is an apt one under climate change projections like those in the Audubon's study. One of the most important contributions ...

The Boreal forest is essential to Canada and the world ... he added. Another important aspect of the work is that it can be applied to an environmental gradient, measuring fluctuations in ...

Canada's boreal forest provides clean water and a stable climate worth billions of dollars, says a report released Friday. The document estimates the annual value the forest creates through ...

Covering about 15% of the Earth’s land surface, boreal forest plays an important role in the global ... northern Europe, Canada and Alaska. The great expanse and large quantity of carbon ...

EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Feb 20, 2014) - Peatlands in Canada's boreal ... "This partnership is another important piece of protecting and managing the boreal forest," says Kevin Smith ...

The scientists say Canada's boreal forest ... Stanford University professor Terry Root said a stable forest system is particularly important for the survival of all kinds of species in the ...