Tuesday November 3, 2009, 11:31 pm
Learn more about the Boreal Forest and Climate Chnge here:

The Boreal Forest Shields Us from Global Warming

http://www.borealbirds.org/shield.shtml

Then please TAKE ACTION - check out MAKE FORESTS COUNT

Send a message

I support making forests count in the global climate agreement!

I expect my country to:

Protect intact forests and wetlands;

Account fully for the carbon lost by cutting forests and destroying wetlands;

Help developing countries to reduce deforestation and forest degradation while protecting Indigenous Peoples' rights.

sign the petition here:

http://makeforestscount.org/index.php

THANKS!!!!!

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 12:34 am
Great site, TY!!!

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 12:37 am
Knock on wood-Plant trees for life........

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 12:42 am
Thanks Chris!

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 12:50 am
“We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road / the one less traveled by / offers our last, our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of the earth.”

Knock on wood-Plant trees for life.........

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 1:23 am
these forests are so important for birds and wildlife, too.

ty

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 4:19 am
Thanks Chris. Noted

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 4:38 am
"You cannot currently send a star to Chris because you have done so within the last week."
Thank you Chris.

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 5:42 am
BM, I almost always take 'the road less travelled'. I would suspect many are like this in Care2.

In Canada, many environmental groups have set a 50% protection target of the Boreal forest in Canada for government and industry. It is the biggest last refuge of wilderness in Canada (because it's so far north and full of muskeg and inhospitable to people)
A challenging target but necessary to keep the boreal ecosystems intact to a large degree without being developed all willy-nilly and wholesale like in southern Canada.
WWF Canada, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) and others are pushing, pushing, pushing to get this protection.

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 11:22 am
Ancient trees have such a long evolved ecosytem. This is a tragedy.

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 11:39 am
without some tree cover whe are slowly may well turn to a desert

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 12:36 pm
Signed the petition, Thanks Chris.

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Added my comments to the petition:
We need these big forests as habitats for so many species we need to protect and preserve. We need these big forests to be carbon sinks. And we need these big forests to save some pristine areas for future generations. Soon our children and grandchildren will see for themselves how much we cared about their future and what we were willing to do (and not willing to do) for them.

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 1:02 pm
Thank you!
Your message has been sent.
Thanks Chris, I am totally on board with this!~

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 1:06 pm
Thanks Chris

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 3:54 pm
Thank you Chris..

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 5:35 pm
Thank you!
Your message has been sent. Here are some more ways you can Make Forests Count:
Action taken and noted with mant thanks Dearest Chris.
Much Love,
Black Dalia:)

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 8:08 pm
Signed and noted. Thanks for the heads up once again Chris.

Lync

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 8:08 pm
The Earth would die without trees. That is why God put them on this earth.
I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree -------------------
Poems are made by fools like me but only God can make a tree.

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 9:24 pm
Thanks Chris...

Caught this as I was going thought articles, saw trees and went wacky!!!

Super article...I will sign anything to protect our trees, environment, creatures, etc.

SUPER ARTICLE...GREAT NEWS!!!!

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 11:04 pm
Noted & signed (#472) with great thanks Chris

Thursday November 5, 2009, 12:35 am
thanks chris we need the trees more than ever now

Thursday November 5, 2009, 2:35 am
The clever people know we need trees and the stupid ones know that too. It is a matter of RESPONSIBILITY towards our planet.

Thursday November 5, 2009, 3:19 am
Thank you Chris for this.

As a Canadian I know the devastation of the impact this will bring to the Boreal if something is not done.

Thank you for all you do and for the living trees that deserve are attention as much as any other living sentient.

Blessings,
Nick J Davis
Toronto ON Canada

Thursday November 5, 2009, 3:54 am
Keepme trees what would gorillys have to feed upon and make their beds out of????

Big Gorilly Hgs

Thursday November 5, 2009, 8:06 am
"North America's primary forests have a big role in preventing climate change. They need our protection
George Woodwell and Jeff Wells
May 21, 2009

"OK, already. You're changing light bulbs, sealing up leaks in the attic, looking for a smaller car and trying to drive less. By now, most of us are familiar with the urgent need to take every possible action to burn less oil, use less energy and reduce global warming. But, then there are the forests. What are you doing about the forests?

Forests are a big part of the climate equation. Deforestation produces about 20% of total global greenhouse gas emissions. Industrial disturbances in forests exacerbate global warming. The more the forest is disturbed, the more carbon is released. Fortunately, North Americans have an outstanding opportunity to aid climate stewardship just by managing and protecting our forests.

This complex issue was incompletely addressed under the Kyoto Protocol. Rules for forest emissions and incentives to reduce them are still being negotiated. Forests and climate change are also an ongoing focus for scientists advising the United Nations.

To date, the spotlight has largely been on tropical forests. But northern forests need to be part of the discussion. Findings recently presented at the UN Forum of Forests demonstrate that protecting remaining primary forests in both the north and the tropics is an effective tool in preventing emissions that would otherwise accelerate climatic disruption. North America's forests have a big role in that global equation.

The circumpolar Boreal Forest, including vast swaths of northern Canada and Alaska, is the world's largest forested region. This forest stores more carbon per acre than any other ecosystem, making it the world's largest terrestrial carbon storehouse. Also important is the complex of coniferous forests in the mountains of lower latitudes, especially in the United States.

In the US, much of the coniferous forest is in public ownership and could be set aside, protected immediately in the public interest, by governmental policy. It should be. This would immediately signify to the world that the nation is serious in its approach to the climatic disruption.

In Canada, with its vast Boreal Forest carbon storehouse, the potential is even greater. Rivalling the Amazon Rainforest in size, the Boreal Forest also provides globally-important, irreplaceable reserves of fresh water and habitat for enormous, healthy populations of wildlife, including millions of migratory caribou and billions of migratory birds.

Over 1,500 international scientists, led by Nobel prize-winning authors for the International Panel on Climate Change, have recommended that at least half of Canada's Boreal Forest be protected from any further disturbance.

There has been much recent progress in Canada to increase protection of the Boreal region including some of the largest conservation commitments in world history. Indigenous peoples have a strong role in shaping these achievements.

Camnadian prime minister Stephen Harper has been instrumental in protecting at least 30m acres of Boreal Forest in Canada's northwest territories. In addition to aiding in climate protection, these measures have included some of the world's largest new national parks.

Ontario's premier Dalton McGuinty has promised to permanently protect 55m acres of Boreal Forest. This commitment was largely motivated by the opportunity to protect the forest's enormous stores of carbon. Quebec's premier Jean Charest recently set aside 4.5m acres and set a similar goal for his province of protecting half of its Boreal Forest. If successful, this would exceed 100m acres protected in Quebec.

There is still a long way to go to reach the scientific recommendation to protect at least half of Canada's Boreal Forest. But, recent commitments to protect the Boreal Forest's vast carbon reserves are a significant contribution to guarding against climate change.

International rules should recognise the importance of protecting our northern forests and provide incentives to move forward in the future. North American governments are in a great position to take and promote such action domestically as well as abroad. Pushing our governments to action is just one more step you can take. Right now."

Thanks so much Chris~~you're surely one of the 'good guys' [!]
Namaste xo

Thursday November 5, 2009, 8:07 am
It's so simple. Trees die, We die.

America et.al the World needs to follow China's program. They are planting trees by the millions. It is a mandate there and as opposed as I am to having to have the government mandate most anything, in this case I would WELCOME IT with shovel and spade in hand.

Thursday November 5, 2009, 10:07 am
We all need trees to live in this world. If we are more vigalant, in our conservation, we can each save a tree around the world! It wouldn't cost us a dime, either. Just common sense!

Thursday November 5, 2009, 10:18 am
Thannxxx.. we need trees.... so important for this planet and the life on it... I would not want to live in a world void of them...

Thursday November 5, 2009, 9:04 pm
WOW - 102 notes and going strong - Thanks all who have noted and provided the wonderful supportive comments - Thanks to all who are making a difference!!!!

Monday November 9, 2009, 8:34 pm
Just as our bodies need muscles to protect our bones the earth need TREES to protect all those important minerals from being washed away causing our precious soil to be impoverised- btw,which can't sustain arable land to feed our hungry world.Pls we need to educate the world that more trees mean more food supplies and less hunger and famine.Thanks Chris don't lose the momentum keep it up, We need more of you to save our trees.

Thursday November 19, 2009, 4:23 pm
Better late than never, except, perhaps, as concerns global warming and the destruction of the eco-system.
Thanks, Chris.