TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Marion THIBAUT "Fort McKay: where Canada's boreal forest gave way to oil sands"
Metis community member and Canadian Forest Service researcher Amy Cardinal Christianson sits before a teepee at an indigenous visitor center in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta on September 9, 2022. - The boreal forest, which is only second to the Amazon in terms of its vital role in ensuring the future of the planet, encircles the Arctic -- and it is in just as much danger from climate change as the South American rainforest. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP)