• Seagrass Meadows: A Little-Known Wonder of the World
  
  Carbon Sequestration, Nursery Habitat, Erosion, Stabilization and Water Quality
  Pamela McDormand
  9 pages - pdf
  June, 2021
• Part II: All hail the woods: How and when forests store carbon
  
  In the 1990s, Canada's managed forests (about 65% of total forested lands) sequestered 100+ net megatonnes of carbon/year. According to the National Inventory Report, Canada's managed forests emitted a net 240 megatonnes in 2018. "That is a devastating sum."
  Zach Metcalfe, Nova Scotia Advocate
  April 25, 2021
• Part I: How to plant two billion trees: Finding utility in a feel-good story
  
  "There's nothing for it - we must stop burning fossil fuels, across every sector of every industry as soon as possible. Two billion trees will not change that, will not mitigate that, will not even buy us time. It's a good idea being oversold as a silver bullet, a legitimate push for healthier watersheds, communities and ecosystems taken to greenwashing extremes. We can make good use of these trees, but only if handled properly, and kept squarely in context."
  Zach Metcalfe, Nova Scotia Advocate
  April 22, 2021
• Forest Management Guide Public Consultation
  
  Response to: Nova Scotia Silvicultural Guide for the Ecological Matrix:
  Carbon-based Silviculture is Paramount
  12 pages
  February 12, 2021
• Biologists uncover forests' unexpected role in climate change
  
  New research from West Virginia University biologists shows that trees around the world are consuming more carbon dioxide than previously reported, making forests even more important in regulating the Earth's atmosphere and forever shift how we think about climate change.
  February 8, 2021
• DAN KRAUS: Which wetlands will we choose to save or lose?
  
  "Over the past 50 years, over one-third of the world's remaining wetlands have been lost. They continue to disappear at a rate faster than forests, and the loss is accelerating.
  "The wetlands around us store carbon, hold flood water, recharge creeks during drought, stop storm surges and provide fire breaks. We can't afford to lose them. The best use of wetlands is to have them remain as wetlands."
  February, 2021
• Forests Absorb Twice As Much Carbon As They Emit Each Year
  
  Harvesting in old-growth forests releases CO2 that has taken centuries to accumulate - carbon that, once lost, is irrecoverable in our lifetime.
  
  Overall, data shows that keeping existing forests standing remains our best hope for maintaining the vast amount of carbon forests store and continuing the carbon sequestration that, if halted, will worsen the effects of climate change.
  
  While planting new trees (the right way) or letting them regrow naturally can play a role in mitigating climate change (and helping communities adapt to its effects), new data shows forests that have sprouted up in the past 19 years represent less than 5% of the current global forest carbon sink.
  January, 2021
• "Proforestation" policies are the fastest and most effective way to draw excess CO2 out of the atmosphere
  
  January, 2021
• A Carbon Accumulation Strategy with Deep Roots
  
  December, 2020
• Large Trees Dominate Carbon Storage
  
  re: Forests East of Cascade Crest, US Pacific Northwest
  November 5, 2020
• Meet the people saving Canada's native grasslands
  Grasslands sequester billions of tonnes of carbon and support hundreds of plant species and over 60 species at risk.
  They are also one of the world's most endangered ecosystems
  July 31, 2020
• Forests - Feedback loops: climate change
  
  The world's forests are responsible for removing 25% of all human carbon emissions from the atmosphere and cooling the planet. But that fraction is shrinking as the three major forests of the world - tropical, boreal, and temperate - succumb to the effects of climate feedback loops. Rising temperatures result in dryer conditions, more fires, more insects and fewer trees which raises temperatures and increases die back. Tipping forests from net carbon absorbers to net carbon emitters, heating rather than cooling the planet, is not only predicted, it will happen without determination and ingenuity.
  
  Today, 17% of global climate emmisions are the result of logging and burning pellets for energy. This is not sustainable. Our survival depends on protecting and expanding forests as well as preserving marshlands and grasslands.
  Video 14:10
• Low-cost Natural Climate Solutions
  
  Analysis of Natural Climate Solutions (NCS): 20 conservation, restoration, and/or improved land management actions that increase carbon storage and/or avoid greenhouse gas emissions across global forests, wetlands, grasslands, and agricultural lands. NCS can provide over one-third of the cost-effective climate mitigation needed between now and 2030 to stabilize warming to below 2C. Alongside aggressive fossil fuel emissions reductions, NCS offer a powerful set of options for nations to deliver on the Paris Climate Agreement while improving soil productivity, cleaning our air and water, and maintaining biodiversity.
  PDF: 6 pages

Carbon Sequestration
Putting a Value on the Ecosystem Services Provided by Forests in Canada:
Case Studies on Natural Capital and Conservation

Natural Capital Valuation:
"Long Tusket Lake provides an excellent example of the many societal benefits provided by the Acadian forest. Significant carbon storage and sequestration is provided by the mix of hardwood and softwood forests. Nitrogen dioxide, ozone and other non-carbon atmospheric pollutants are also significantly reduced, while the wetlands within the property help provide flood control for downstream communities. As a result, the Acadian forest is found to be one of the more valuable forest types from a natural capital perspective, providing approximately $26,250 in annual benefits per hectare per year (based on the Long Tusket Lake property)."
Details - 37 page pdf, March 2017
Prepared by TD Bank Group & the Nature Conservancy of Canada

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