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Canada's Great Northern Forests -- Going Fast02-13-04 | News
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In case you skipped the article, here are a few interesting bits:

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Only 10 percent of Alberta forests exists in tracts larger than a few square miles. In 1960, that number was 95 percent.

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Who cares? A coalition of 11 environmental groups has a plan, the Canadian Boreal Initiative.

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For more information on the CBI, visit https://www.borealcanada.ca/index_e.cfm

               
Left: North American forests 8,000 years ago.
Right: North American forest today.

Source: World Resources Institute, www.wri.org/wri/

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