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67 - Northern Forests
Their role in climate change and Aurora Sustainable Lands

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What if the forests that once stood as bastions of biodiversity and carbon storage could regain their vitality, thanks to an unexpected allyācarbon finance?
Northern forests, often overlooked compared to their tropical counterparts, still hold around 54% of the worldās total terrestrial carbon stock and contribute more than one-third to our global terrestrial carbon sink, are facing a silent crisis of degradation.
But hereās the good news: innovative funding mechanisms are turning the tide, offering solutions that are as green as the trees themselves.
Could carbon credits and sustainable forestry practices save these invaluable ecosystems while yielding financial returns?
Letās explore

Proportion and distribution of global forest area by climatic domain
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