lakehead expert panelist on ichannel’s discussion program
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's dr. ulf runesson, professor in the faculty of the forest and forest environment, recently appeared as a panelist on ichannel's discussion program @issue. the topic was canada's boreal forest and its management.
joined by panelists from sierra club ontario and ontario nature, dr. runesson addressed issues including deforestation and protection, the oil sands as a potential threat to the forest, pesticide use, and the importance of the boreal forest to the environment as a whole. he also weighed in on the debate as to whether the boreal is a carbon sink or a carbon producer.
canada's boreal forest will air on at 8:00 p.m. et friday, december 12, 2008 on rogers digital channel 197, bell expressvu channel 514, star choice channel 593, and cogeco channel 136.
the boreal forest occupies 35% of the total canadian land area and 77% of canada's total forest land, stretching between northern tundra and southern grassland and mixed hardwood trees. the boreal forms a band almost 1000 kilometres wide, sweeping from the yukon territory southeast to newfoundland and labrador. as an important source of forest products, the boreal forest is a significant part of the economic base of canada.
as associate professor at lakehead's renowned department of forestry, dr. runesson was well positioned to lead the discussion on canada's boreal forest. runesson completed his honours bachelor of science degree in forestry at lakehead in 1982, and completed a phd in forest management (remote sensing) from ubc in 1991. a year later he joined lakehead's faculty of forestry and the forest environment as a faculty member.
runesson's phd focussed on the inventory of the mountain pine bark beetle - an infestation that has wiped out millions of hectares of b.c.'s forest, and described as "one of the worst natural disasters that canada has ever seen in modern times." an expert in geomatics, the science and technology of gathering, analyzing, interpreting, distributing, and using geographic information, dr. runesson has mentored leaders in the field of forest information gathering, both in canada and around the world. in 2006, runesson was a recipient of the 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜
distinguished instructor award.
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