It is time for the next round of global climate negotiations. The 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is taking place in Glasgow, Scotland from October 31st to November 12th. For many of us, the COP26 conference seems distant and unrelated to our daily lives. However, the irony is that the decisions made in that far away place, in that short two-week period will end up having a profound impact on our future and that of our children and grandchildren and for generations of humans to come. The impact to us humans is shared with all the species that make up the incredible web of life on planet Earth. Climate change and biodiversity loss are intertwined and together make up the two greatest threats to our own existence. But when it comes to finding solutions to help deal with these twin crises, there is great hope in the Boreal Forest of North America. That hope starts with the realization that some of the world’s...