Boreal

The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems

Watson, James E. M.;Evans, Tom;Venter, Oscar;Williams, Brooke;Tulloch, Ayesha;Stewart, Claire;Thompson, Ian;Ray, Justina C.;Murray, Kris;Salazar, Alvaro;McAlpine, Clive;Potapov, Peter;Walston, Joe;Robinson, John G.;Painter, Michael;Wilkie, David;Filardi, Christopher;Laurance, William F.;Houghton, Richard A.;Maxwell, Sean;Grantham, Hedley;Samper, Cristián;Wang, Stephanie;Laestadius, Lars;Runting, Rebecca K.;Silva-Chávez, Gustavo A.;Ervin, Jamison;Lindenmayer, David


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Watson, James E. M.;Evans, Tom;Venter, Oscar;Williams, Brooke;Tulloch, Ayesha;Stewart, Claire;Thompson, Ian;Ray, Justina C.;Murray, Kris;Salazar, Alvaro;McAlpine, Clive;Potapov, Peter;Walston, Joe;Robinson, John G.;Painter, Michael;Wilkie, David;Filardi, Christopher;Laurance, William F.;Houghton, Richard A.;Maxwell, Sean;Grantham, Hedley;Samper, Cristián;Wang, Stephanie;Laestadius, Lars;Runting, Rebecca K.;Silva-Chávez, Gustavo A.;Ervin, Jamison;Lindenmayer, David (2018). The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems. Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0490-x

Justina Ray
Justina Ray
President & Senior Scientist
National Peatland Strategy proposed to protect climate-critical ecosystems amid extraction and industrial development rush

National Peatland Strategy proposed to protect climate-critical ecosystems amid extraction and industrial development rush

WCS Canada has today unveiled a proposed National Peatland Strategy, calling on federal, provincial, and territorial governments to adopt urgent measures to safeguard Canada’s most carbon-rich ecosystems.

Peatland and Forest Vegetation

Peatland and Forest Vegetation

Understanding threats to peatlands and forests in the Hudson Bay Lowland and adjacent boreal shield.

Canadian policy failures putting globally important carbon-rich peatland ecosystems at risk, says new report

Canadian policy failures putting globally important carbon-rich peatland ecosystems at risk, says new report

Policy frameworks across Canada are inadequate for ensuring the country’s carbon-rich peatlands are safeguarded, says a new report published today by Wildlife Conservation Society Canada.