Forestry Studies 20, 30
FRST22
Module 22: Climate Change (Optional)
Outcome
Investigate how forest
ecosystems and
climate are linked.
Indicators
(a) | Analyze how climate and weather influence Saskatchewan forests. |
(b) | Research the history of forests and how glaciation and climate have shaped them to what they are today. |
(c) | Discover how the increase in human population and resources directly impact forests. |
(d) | Describe how a forest can be a carbon source or a carbon sink and how that can affect climate change. |
(e) | Investigate how forests store carbon and are an important part of the carbon cycle to balance greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. |
(f) | Explain the importance of the earth maintaining a carbon balance. |
(g) | Describe the National Forest Carbon Monitoring, Accounting and Reporting System (NFCMARS) and its significance in providing information on climate change. |
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