Category: natural resources
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As Canada’s boreal forests burn again and again, they won’t grow back the same way
THE GLOBE AND MAIL — Recurring wildfires are giving young coniferous forests too little time to mature, and leafy trees, shrubs and grasslands are taking hold in new, unfamiliar ecosystems.
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In Canada’s boreal forest, a new national park faces the wrongs of the past — and guards our climate future
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AUDUBON — Thaidene Nëné, declared this summer, is a milestone for an Indigenous-led conservation movement that can help keep carbon in the ground and protect crucial habitat as the planet warms.
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Nations put science before fishing in the Arctic
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SCIENCE — Nine nations and the European Union have reached a deal to place the central Arctic Ocean (CAO) off-limits to commercial fishers for at least the next 16 years.
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Lady of the lakes
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NATURE — Diane Orihel set her PhD aside to lead a massive protest when Canada tried to shut down its unique Experimental Lakes Area.
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In carbon sequestration, money grows on trees
DISCOVER MAGAZINE — Guyana’s tropical rainforests protected under the REDD program provide not just natural resources but an income stream to the country.