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Boreal forest

The boreal forest biome holds the second largest stock of carbon; most of this is stored in the soil and litter. The draining of boreal forest peatlands, inappropriate forestry practices and poor fire management may all cause significant losses of the carbon stored in this ecosystem.

 

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This photo has been graciously provided to be used in the GRID-Arendal resources library by: Riccardo Pravettoni

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Uploaded on January 17, 2017
Taken on May 22, 2014