New research on global forest restoration is promising - but comes with a big caveat.
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Posted: May 14, 2021 4:08 PM ET | Last Updated: May 14
According to new research, Canada s hotspots for forest regeneration are in the country s northwest and in Quebec. (Global Warming Images/WWF) comments
As It Happens6:28New study finds natural forests are rebounding around the world, but can t outpace deforestation
There s a seed of hope coming from a new study on forest restoration.
Despite global deforestation continuing at a breakneck pace, the past 20 years have seen substantial forest regrowth as well. We re seeing it in almost every corner of the world, William Baldwin-Cantello, director of nature-based solutions at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the leader of the study, told
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5 Reasons the Boreal Forest Is Important to Migratory Birds
Palm warblers like this one migrate to the boreal forest in Canada from the southeastern United States, the Yucatan Peninsula, and Panama.
Jeff Nadler
The boreal forest of North America stretches across the top of the continent, from inland Alaska and northern British Columbia to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. Although fragmented wildlife habitat exists in the southern regions of the forest, the boreal in the northern subarctic region provides one of the most intact biomes on Earth. The forest its wetlands, peatlands, and treescape makes a home for hundreds of species of migratory birds, and a nursery for their young. Here are five reasons that migratory birds need a protected boreal forest.
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