The boreal forests, one of the largest carbon stocks on earth, will not be able to respond to global warming by migrating northwards. Massive forest dieback, causing runaway warming, is a more likely scenario. Under the Kyoto protocol, nations have to account for changes in carbon stock by afforestation, reforestation and deforestation, while leaving old-growth forests intact is not an activity considered to affect the carbon budget. This probably reflects the common perception that old forests do not sequester carbon. They do, according to a new report from AirClim1.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/boreal-forest-dieback-may-cause-runaway-warming
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/roger-olsson
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/acid-news
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sinks
