GEOG-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Softwood, Forest Management, Tyga
24 Nov 2020
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Covers 12 million square kms of earth"s surface. Covered in wetlands consisting of bogs, marshes and an estimated 1. 5 million lakes ecosystems. A home and way of life for more than 600 first nations communities. Exploitation of forests threaten traditional land uses issues b/w traditional land uses and development. Forest fires crucial for its management, part of natural life cycle. Forest management uses prescribed or controlled burns. More intense and severity can be linked to climate change can be connected to warming planet (locking jet streams) Takes three ingredients to burn: fuel (trees/shrubs), ignition (people/lighting), hot dry/windy weather. E. g. fort mcmurray fire most devastating in canada. Wetter winters growth of fuels to burn e. g. tall grass that dries out in heat waves frequency) Earlier and longer fire seasons (larger in size, intensity and. More lighting activity, and more fires, but not more precipitation.
