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Reaching Global Zero: Temperate Rainforests

Temperate Rainforest Restoration
Geography
Carbon Sinks
Grade 12
NS
Reaching Global Zero: Temperate Rainforests

Description

In this lesson, students analyze how the strategy of net-zero fits within the global effort to reduce atmospheric CO2 and climate change, and consider how temperate rainforest health can impact a net-zero future. Students will engage with an interactive map allowing them to explore the temperate rainforest of the world, and think critically about how temperate rainforest restoration may work in these settings.

Lesson Type: Online/Digital

Duration: Single Class, Multi-Day Lesson

Sector: Carbon Sinks

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