GGR227H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jack Pine, Carbon Sink, Larix Laricina
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The forests are also major carbon sinks 950 billion tonnes of storage with 72 million tonnes uptake annually) Tourism and related recreational opportunities: millions of canadians participate in nature-related recreational activities (estimated to employ 245,000 people and. Their vastness means they provide significant contributions at a global scale . It is estimated that 20% of the worlds water originates in canada"s forests contributes billion to canada"s gdp) Boreal forest = carbon sink sort of and not over the long term. Equivalent to 913 years" worth of canada"s greenhouse gas emissions. Largest carbon bank account on planet, double the carbon that is stored in tropical. Ontario"s forests forests (see schindler and lee 2010) Peatlands are the only terrestrial ecosystems that have npp > decomposition over the long term. 186 billion tonnes of carbon stored in boreal soils, water, trees and peat. White and black spruce, jack pine, tamarack, balsam fir, white birch, aspen, and poplar.
