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Contents below:
· Differentiation of forest biomes
· Tropical
· Rainforests
Forest type & biome differentiation
WWF differentiation between tropical, subtropical, temperate & boreal forests
Boreal/taiga
Alaska Peninsula Montane Taiga
Boreal biome @ Oxford Bibliographies
Boreal Forest Initiative @ Ducks Unlimited
Boreal forests @ Boreal Songbird Initiative
Boreal Leadership Council [Canada]
Boreal forests @ Regeneration.org
Central Canadian Shield Forests
International Boreal Conservation Campaign (IBCC)
Boreal Conservation website
Canadian Boreal Conservation Framework
Boreal Songbird Initiative website
Pew Charitable Trusts website
International Boreal Forest Research Association (IBFRA)
Save the Canadian Boreal @ NRDC
Taiga biome @ Blue Planet Biomes
Taiga Rescue Network (TRN)
· Defunct: see TRN Wikipedia page
Temperate/deciduous
Northeast Asian Deciduous Forest
Tropical
· See Amazonia page
International Society of Tropical Foresters
· Not updated since 2012
Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF)
Rainforests
· "Rainforests" typically refers to wet forests in the tropical zone, but there are temperate rainforests as well.
Coalition for Rainforest Nations
· “...helps developing countries save rainforests and reduce carbon emissions under the Paris Agreement.”
Forest types & forest biomes
Taxon-specific forests
For taxon-specific forests (eg, mangrove forests), see Plant taxa.