Is it time for Canada and the world to create carbon parks?

By incorporating carbon storage and climate change adaptation into protected areas, we can accelerate the conservation of our lands and waters, and reduce climate uncertainty for our children.

In 1893, Algonquin Provincial Park was set up to protect forested headwaters from settlement and land clearing. Carbon parks would protect some of the world’s last areas of true forest wilderness and important wildlife habitats, writes Dan Kraus. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY DAN KRAUS

November 11, 2019

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