The impact of climate change on the Canadian Boreal forest

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

7 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

04/30/2009

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Ecology & environment

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Summary :

Introduction
Kronberg: Intense changes in the ecology of the Canadian boreal forests
The study conducted by Wulder
The optical remote sensing data
The need of new technological monitoring
The U.N. report dealing with the problems of food abundance or scarcity
Conclusion
Bibliography

Abstract

This paper will provide a review of scientific literature, and look at solutions to problems, resulting from of impacts of climate change on the boreal forest region of Canada, as projected into the late 21st century. It will look at the problem from a number of intersecting areas: forest management and silviculture, human use, sustainability, government proposals, and the science and ecology of climate change as it is currently being investigated. The goal is to find ways, if possible, to mitigate the potential impact of climate change throughout the remainder of the century upon people, animals, and the forests themselves.As Shandra (2007) writes, forests world-wide are key to climate control, as they regulate the removal of carbon dioxide which heats the planet. (Shandra: 5) Forests, additionally, are home to 50% of the world's species diversity internationally. Destruction of forests will lead to a decrease in biodiversity. (Shandra: 5) Trees are important in preventing erosion of soils, flooding and desertification. (Shandra: 6) As Shandra notes globalization presents contradictory problems in relation to deforestation. It creates the context for international management of environmental problems, which is positive, but at the same time the greater economic integration of the world economy, which is described as commodity concentration, which increases deforestation rates. (Shandra: 22)