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Boreal Forests of Canada

Boreal Forests of Canada lose approximately one million hectares annually to logging and mining, a pace 15% higher than the sustainable harvest rate recommended by forestry scientists. Despite this, Canada's boreal stores twice as much carbon per hectare as tropical rainforests, meaning each cleared hectare releases about 250 tons of carbon—more than the per-capita annual emissions of a Canadian citizen. The contrast is stark: a climate-critical forest hemorrhages area yearly while international attention focuses elsewhere.

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