From: DeSmogBlog
by Kevin Grandia
A time-lapsed map released recently by the World Resources Institute
using satellite imagery from Global Forest Watch shows how much forest
is being lost in Northern Alberta to make way for major industrial
operations, mainly to extract oil from the tar sands.
According to the data compiled by Global Forest Watch,
industrial development and forest fires in Canada's tar sands region
have cleared or degraded almost 2 million acres (775,000 hectares) of boreal forest since 2000.
The pink regions depict forest loss. Watch what happens at year 2010:
The World Resources Institute and Global Forest Watch have been
researching the world's boreal forests since 1990. According to their
research, Canada holds the vast majority, 54 per cent, of the world's
total boreal forest across a region of 500 million hectares or 14 times
the size of California. Boreal forests hold twice as much carbon dioxide as tropical forests.
Another map shows tree loss in the tar sands region between 2000 and 2012.
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