Federal government has resumed talks with #Ontario about the Ring of Fire
Internal emails obtained by The Narwhal appear to show a shift in relations between the 2 governments on the Ring of Fire. But some #FirstNations leaders say they're still being left out

US DoD is considering funding work in the Ring of Fire as well

Ring of Fire Metals is owned by Australian firm Wyloo Metals.

#Canada #US #Australia #BreathingLands #Peatland #WetlandEcosystem #ClimateCrisis

https://thenarwhal.ca/ring-of-fire-negotiations/

The Wetland Atlas describes the distribution of #wetlands in #Alberta & summarizes human footprint around open water wetlands. Also included are research spotlights on #WetlandBiodiversity including: aquatic invertebrates, wetland-associated mosses, amphibians, & plants. This first edition of the Atlas represents the state of the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute's (ABMI) wetland knowledge to date

#Canada #BreathingLands #Peatland #CarbonSink #WetlandEcosystem

https://wetland-report.abmi.ca/atlas-home

In depth 2020 summary of:

The battle for the ‘breathing lands’: Ontario’s Ring of Fire and the fate of its carbon-rich peatlands

"Northern Ontario's muskeg serves as home to dozens of First Nations, stores immense amounts of carbon and sits on top of vast mineral deposits. Whose vision for the bogs and fens will win out?"

#Canada #BreathingLands #Cree #FirstNations #Muskeg #Peatland #Ontario #CarbonSink #WetlandEcosystem

https://thenarwhal.ca/ring-of-fire-ontario-peatlands-carbon-climate/

#OpenAccess

Annie Proulx's key source for Fen, Bog and Swamp:
A Short History of #Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis

"Wetlands is the definitive guide to this fragile ecosystem, providing the most comprehensive coverage and in-depth information available in print. ... how wetlands work, what they do, and why the Earth can't live without them."

#WetlandEcosystem #Wetland #Carbon #ClimateChange #WetlandCreation #WetlandRestoration #Mosstodon

https://archive.org/details/Wetlands_5th_Edition_by_William_J._Mitsch_James_G._Gosselink

#Mosstodon #OpenAccess #Textbook #Wetlands

Cited as key source by Annie Proulx in Fen, Bog & Swamp:

Wetlands, 5th ed., Mitsch & Gosselink, pages 413-451

"The single most important book on wetlands, newly expanded and updated.
Wetlands is the definitive guide to this fragile ecosystem, providing the most comprehensive coverage & in-depth information available in print.

#WetlandEcosystem Services
#Carbon #ClimateChange #WetlandCreation
#WetlandRestoration.

https://archive.org/details/Wetlands_5th_Edition_by_William_J._Mitsch_James_G._Gosselink/page/413/mode/1up