Threats seen to three billion birds in vast Canadian forest
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 06:40
in Earth & Climate
A new report calls for saving half of the 1.5 billion acres of North America's boreal forest – one of the world's last great intact forests – to protect the habitat for more than 300 migratory bird species. The northern landscape is beset with oil, gas, mining and other industrial hazards destined for a vast, pristine woodland.