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Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Conserving Forests
Background Reading Materials
Boreal Forests
Recent Anthropogenic Changes within the Boreal Forests of Ontario and Their Potential Impacts on Woodland Caribou
A Global Forest Watch Canada publication
Canada's Forest Landscape Fragments: A First Approximation
A Global Forest Watch Canada publication
Robbing the Carbon Bank: Global Warming and Ontario's Boreal Forest
A ForestEthics Publication
The Ecosystem Approach in Practice: Developing Sustainable Forestry in Central Labrador, Canada (PDF)
By Larry Innes (Innu Nation) and Len Moores (Department of Forest Resources & Agrifoods, Gov't of Nfld & Labrador).
Tropical Rainforests
Interaction and Synergy between Selective Logging, Forest Fragmentation and Fire Disturbance in Tropical Forests: Case Study Matto Grosso, Brazil (PDF)
By Mark Cochrane et al. (Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State University)
Tropical Deforestation and Climate Change (PDF)
Edited by Paulo Moutinho (Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazonia) & Stephan Schwartzman (Environmental Defense).
Conservation Alliances with Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon (PDF)
By Stephan Schwartzman (Environmental Defense) & Barbara Zimmerman (Conservation International).
Carbon Offsets
State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2006 (PDF)
Report by International Emission Trading Association and The World Bank
Everything you wanted to know about offsetting but were afraid to ask (PDF)
By Ron Dembo and Clive Davidson, A Zerofootprint Publication
Related Articles
"Scientists Plead for Protection of Forests"
May 14, 2007 from Globe and Mail (PDF)
"Forest protection vital to stem global warming"
May 18, 2007 from Dr. Suzuki Science Matters
"Deforestation: the hidden cause of global warming"
May 14, 2007 from Independent (UK)