Keynote Address:

The Forgotten Rainforests: Temporal & Boreal Rainforests of the World

Dr. Dominick A. DellaSala

Come learn about how temperate and boreal rainforests are biologically and geographically unique in the world. Compared to their tropical counterparts, they are rarer and at least as endangered. Because most temperate and boreal rainforests are marked by the intersection of marine, terrestrial, and freshwater systems, their rich ecotones are among the most productive regions on Earth. Many of them store more carbon per hectare than even tropical rainforests, contain some of the oldest and largest trees on the planet, and provide habitat for scores of rare and unique species including some with affinities dating back to the supercontinent Gondwanaland and when dinosaurs were king.