![]() says the world must aggressively reduce carbon emissions now, as scientists press the Biden administration to create a national Strategic Carbon Reserve to protect a further 20 million hectares (50 million acres) of mature forested federal lands from logging to help meet U.S. New protections are promised, but old-growth logging continues apace.In the U.S., protection outside Olympic National Park is scant. But elsewhere in the province, 97% of all tall, old-growth forest has been felled for timber and wood pellets. British Columbia did the unexpected in 2016 by establishing the Great Bear Rainforest Agreement, protecting 6.4 million hectares (15.8 million acres) of coastal old-growth forest.And there’s not much left here on the Olympic Peninsula or just north of us in British Columbia.” “The diversity of life that is all around us is incredibly rare,” a forest ecologist tells Mongabay on a hike in Olympic National Park.These are some of the most biodiverse, carbon-dense forests outside the tropics, thus crucial to carbon sequestration. Coastal temperate rainforests are among the rarest ecosystems on Earth, with more than a third of their total remaining global area located in a narrow band in the U.S. ![]() Variable Retention Harvesting in North Pacific Temperate Rainforests / William J. Why Watersheds: Evaluating the Protection of Undeveloped Watersheds as a Conservation Strategy in Northwestern North America / Ken Lertzman and Andy MacKinnonĩ. ![]() Concepts of Conservation Biology Applied to Wildlife in Old-Forest Ecosystems, with Special Reference to Southeast Alaska and Northern Coastal British Columbia / Bruce G. Succession Debt and Roads: Short- and Long-Term Effects of Timber Harvest on a Large-Mammal Predator-Prey Community in Southeast Alaska / David K. ![]() Indigenous and Commercial Uses of the Natural Resources of the North Pacific Rainforest with a Focus on Southeast Alaska and Haida Gwaii / Lisa K. Natural Disturbance Patterns in the Temperate Rainforests of Southeast Alaska and Adjacent British Columbia / Paul Alaback, Gregory Nowacki, and Sari Saundersĥ. D'Amore, Erik Norberg, and Frances BilesĤ. Riparian Ecology, Climate Change, and Management in North Pacific Coastal Rainforests / Rick T. Island Life: Coming to Grips with the Insular Nature of Southeast Alaska and Adjoining Coastal BritishĬolumbia / Joseph A. Preface and Acknowledgments / Gordon Orians and John Schoenġ. Together, the contributors offer a broad understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by scientists, managers, and conservationists in the northern portion of the North Pacific rainforest that will be of interest to conservation practitioners seeking to balance economic sustainability and biodiversity conservation across the globe. The book examines the basic processes that drive the dynamic behavior of such ecosystems and considers how managers can use that knowledge to sustainably manage the rainforest and balance ecosystem integrity with human use. This region encompasses thousands of islands and millions of acres of relatively pristine rainforest, providing an opportunity to compare the ecological functioning of a largely intact forest ecosystem with the highly modified ecosystems that typify most of the world's temperate zone. This book provides a multidisciplinary overview of key issues important for the management and conservation of the northern portion of this rainforest, located in northern British Columbia and southeastern Alaska. The North Pacific temperate rainforest, stretching from southern Alaska to northern California, is the largest temperate rainforest on earth.
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