24 October (MONTREAL) – In response to the new online map produced by the Prairie Climate Centre at the University of Winnipeg showing the devastating projected impact of climate change on Canada’s Boreal forest, Olivier Kolmel, forest campaigner at Greenpeace Canada, said:
“This new map reveals the expected changes to happen in Canada’s Boreal forests due to climate change. With soaring temperatures expected to increase across the country over the next few decades, the Boreal forest will be profoundly impacted. What is ironic though is that Canada’s Boreal forest can play an important role in mitigating climate change because it stores more carbon than all tropical forests combined. Protecting the Boreal means protecting us and our climate. Let’s remember that when we talk about climate solutions.”
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Read the online map by the Prairie Climate Centre here: https://climateatlas.ca/map/canada/plus30_2060_85#z=5&lat=46.74&lng=-84.93
Read Greenpeace’s report on the Boreal Forest and climate change here: https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/publication/3235/the-impacts-of-logging-in-the-great-northern-forest/
For more information, contact:
Marie Moucarry, Communications Officer, Greenpeace Canada, [email protected], 439-929-4664
After 5 years of delaying, provinces and territories have failed to follow through with measures to protect the boreal woodland caribou. Herds have been declining across the country at an alarming rate and may soon become extinct in some areas. Meanwhile, our federal government is not providing the leadership required to halt this crisis in the forest.