Blog Action Day 2009: Why Making Forests Count is a Caribou concern

Oct 15, 2009

Some people ask me “Bou, why the heck is a woodland caribou involved in the Make Forests Count campaign?”  Well, the big picture answer is that climate change is a threat to all mammals – whether they be human or ungulate. In fact, it's a common threat to all living things on this planet. But on a personal caribou level here is why making forests count is so important to me:

• I am a woodland caribou.
• We live in the boreal forest.
• Canada’s boreal forest is one of the largest remaining intact ecosystems on the planet.
• This makes it one of the most important carbon storehouses on Earth.
• To fight climate change we have to reduce the amount of carbon released into our atmosphere.
• This means we have to keep the boreal carbon storehouse intact as much as possible and make those who cut it down accountable for the carbon they release.
• If we protect the boreal we protect my family, my friends, my species and we protect your family, your friends, and your species.
• This is what the Make Forests Count campaign is all about and it applies to all forests, wetlands, and life around the world.

If this makes sense to you, then I urge you to make forests count. Just go to MakeForestsCount.org and sign the petition or send the email to your political leader telling them to make forests count at the next United Nations climate change meeting in Copenhagen this December.
For more details about the campaign watch this video or go to MakeForestsCount.org and TAKE ACTION NOW.

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