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Scientists urge 50 percent protection of boreal forest: 'Amazon of the north'

MINING.COM Editor | July 22, 2013 | 9:58 pm

A group of leading scientists from Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the United States is urging a minimum of 50% protection of Canada's boreal forest from economic development because of its high value "as a carbon store, fresh water source,...