Canadian Forest Service Publications

Sols forestiers : un outil pour comptabiliser le carbone. 2006. Larocque, G.R.; Paré, D. Ressources naturelles Canada, Service canadien des forêts, Centre de foresterie des Laurentides, Québec, QC. L'éclaircie. No. 23.

Year: 2006

Issued by: Laurentian Forestry Centre

Catalog ID: 26148

Language: French

Series: Branching Out (LFC - Québec)

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Abstract

Canada's forests contain huge pools of carbon that play an essential role in the global carbon cycle. Each year, Canadian forests absorb an average of 2,800 megatonnes of carbon and emit an equivalent quantity of carbon through respiration and forest fires.

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Forest soils: a tool for carbon accounting. Branching out from the Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre. No. 23. (English)