Educational resources about forests, climate science and the biomass issue:
Reading-
• The Bill Moomaw Et Al Proforestation paper:
Intact Forests in the United States: Proforestation Mitigates Climate Change and Serves the Greatest Good – William Moomaw, Susan Masino,
Edward Maison; Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 11 June 2019.
This peer-reviewed article makes the case for proforestation as a
strategy to address climate chaos and biodiversity loss.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00027/full
• WILD CARBON: A synthesis of recent findings
MARK G. ANDERSON, PhD
From Northern Wilderness Trust:
http://www.newildernesstrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WildWorks_V1_WildCarbon-2.pdf
• Why Keeping Mature Forests Intact Is Key to the Climate Fight, from Yale 360:
An Interview with scientist William Moomaw, (Bill Moomaw is also a founder of the IPCC, and a lead author of 5 of the UN's IPCC Climate reports).
https://e360.yale.edu/features/why-keeping-mature-forests-intact-is-key-to-the-climate-fight
• Natural Forests Are Best at Storing Carbon
Tim Radford
https://climatenewsnetwork.net/natural-forests-are-best-at-storing-carbon/
"Facing The Climate Emergency" by Margaret Klein Salamon
"Drawdown" edited by Paul Hawken
• Nine Forestry Myths You May Have Heard
Presentations/documentaries-
• The Planet, Our Forests, and Championship Trees
presentation by Bill Moomaw, Bob Leverett
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htbs2naApOY
Documentaries:
• Burned: Are Forests the New Coal:
-30 minute short version of the full movie:
http://watch2.burnedthemovie.com/
• The Lost Forests of New England by Ray Asselin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi12xaJxA5U
Call of the Forest documentary:
Allies-
Elders Climate Action
https://www.eldersclimateaction.org/
Dogwood Alliance
https://www.dogwoodalliance.org/
Climate Action Now-Western Mass
https://climateactionnowma.org/
Heartwood