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Taiga News Issue 47 Summer 2004
This issue of Taiga News focuses on restoring the boreal forest. You will read articles from Finland, Iceland, Scotland, Russia and Canada.  Taiga News 47 - The Heart of the Boreal - focuses on restoring boreal ecosystems. The front page is dedicated to the Canadian First Nations land site nominated to become a World Heritage Site. You will find several interesting articles from around the world; from Finland where dynamite is sometimes used to create high quantities of deadwood; from Iceland where a history of forestry practices and natural challenges have facilitated unique methods of modern forest restoration; from Canada where a private landowner has restored a forest ecosystem in a commercial context. TN 47 also gives overviews of Taiga restoration, the carbon credit dilemma and a look at what some Russia school children are doing to preserve their Boreal Forests.
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