Why We Must Preserve the Boreal Old-Growth Forests in Canada and Elsewhere

Named after Boreas, the Greek god of the Northwind, the boreal forest is also called taiga (a Russian word from Yakut origin that means “untraversable forest”). Boreal forests are crucial for mitigating global climate change by capturing and storing large amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Unfortunately, previously unmanaged primary boreal forests are being rapidly transformed to […]