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Interview with Dolf DeJong on helping endangered red panda populations at the Toronto Zoo
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Timber poaching: The secretive crime decimating North America’s forests
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Sounding the alarm: The AR experience that lets you “swim” with southern resident orca
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Canada‘s largest EVER private conservation project
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I am Mutehekau Shipu: A river’s journey to personhood in eastern Quebec
British Columbia
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How the world came together to protect a B.C. inlet
When a significant portion of B.C.’s Princess Louisa Inlet went up for sale this spring, donors raised the $3 million needed to purchase it in just three months
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Environment
Muskwa-Kechika: An opportunity for bold conservation action
By protecting the Muskwa-Kechika, a vast, wild region of mountains, glaciers, and boreal forest in north-central B.C., we can create a climate refuge for vulnerable species
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Proposal to reopen commercial seal hunt in B.C. could have consequences for transient killer whales
A controversial proposal to reopen the seal hunt in B.C. might boost numbers of chinook salmon, but at the expense of other marine mammals, says a UBC professor
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Environment
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Dax Justin
The people and landscapes of Haida Gwaii opened my eyes to the fact that we all rely on the ocean
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As deadly white-nose syndrome spreads west, bat biologists race to prepare
Disease has appeared for the first time in Manitoba, Minnesota and Wyoming
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Alberta
Places
Smother Nature: The struggle to protect Banff National Park
In Banff National Park, Alberta, as in protected areas across the country, managers find it difficult to balance the desire of people to experience wilderness with an imperative to conserve it
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Hope grows for one of Canada’s most endangered species as greater sage-grouse are released into the wild
The prairie bird has come close to extinction in Canada, but a captive breeding and reintroduction program is helping to halt its decline
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Swift foxes return to Alberta
A photo posted to Facebook by an amateur wildlife photographer led to the discovery of a new swift fox den in southern Alberta for the first time in nearly a century
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Alberta creates new provincial park, adding to world’s largest stretch of protected boreal forest
The newly created Birch River Wildland Park joins a network of parks preserving an area of boreal wilderness twice the size of Vancouver Island
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Vanishing birdsong: How climate change is altering Canada’s soundscape
Indigenous conservationists are listening in to track the impacts of climate change on the boreal forest
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Environment
Countering climate change
How natural solutions could mitigate 78 megatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
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Environment
Q&A: Watch Jane Goodall discuss her groundbreaking work
The pioneering primatologist talks about her time with chimpanzees, what inspired her to become an activist and what individuals can do to help the planet
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Environment
Alanna Mitchell on 10 years of ”Sea Sick”
Episode 8
Ten years after the release of her bestselling book Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis, the acclaimed science writer doubles down on her call for action on climate change
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Places
Parks Canada to take ‘nature first’ approach to managing national parks
Responding to feedback from Canadians, environment minister Catherine McKenna promised a renewed focus on science and conservation for Canada's protected places
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Op-ed: The Amazon fires are back — and the consequences affect us all
Bioethicist and conservationist Kerry Bowman on the 2020 Amazonian forest fires — as bad, or worse than 2019's — and why Canadians should be very concerned
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Environment
“It’s at the very core of everything”: The significance of Canada’s wild rivers
Only a third of the world’s rivers longer than 1,000 kilometres remain free-flowing. In North America, 70 per cent of those are in Canada. Meet some of the people who want to keep it that way
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Wildlife
Trump’s proposed changes to Endangered Species Act worry Canadian conservationists
Grizzlies, monarch butterflies and other keystone species could be at risk
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Environment
Dehcho Grand Chief honoured for bold conservation approach
Herb Norwegian, Grand Chief of the Dehcho First Nations, is the recipient of this year’s Glen Davis Conservation Leadership Prize
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Environment
Environmental groups unite to demand a zero-plastic waste future for Canada
In a declaration released in advance of this weekend’s G7 summit, more than 40 environmental groups have challenged Canada to achieve zero plastic waste by 2025
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Ocean Bridge Diaries: Jordan Bertagnolli
As I think about all that we managed to pack into those 10 days, the memories that stand out all share a common thread: North Beach
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Ocean Bridge Diaries: Chúk Odenigbo
We are the ocean, yet we know not who we are, so we went to people who did
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Environment
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Alex Ritz
This experience was key to developing our understanding of what citizen science is
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Ocean Bridge Diaries: Matthew Miller
Bridging the gap between conservation and culture
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Severn Cullis-Suzuki on a path forward for the environment
Episode 34
The new executive director of the David Suzuki Foundation discusses her viral moment as a young environmental activist and the link between language and stewardship of the land
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Environment
Key Biodiversity Areas bring conservation close to home
One of the most complex challenges for nature conservation comes from a simple question: what must we save?
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Environment
Harvey Locke on COP26 and why “nature needs half”
Episode 25
The UN Climate Change Conference taking place now in Glasgow might be the planet’s last best chance to prevent a climate and biodiversity catastrophe, according to one of the world’s foremost conservationists
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Environment
Modelling threats to caribou in Ontario’s Ring of Fire
As interest in Ontario’s mineral-rich Ring of Fire region grows, caribou face threats on multiple fronts. New research could help chart a path to their conservation.
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Environment
Celebrating the life of renowned Canadian-American scientist David Schindler
Schindler conducted numerous groundbreaking studies during his career in efforts to protect freshwater around the world
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Should we kill one bird to save another?
On New Brunswick’s Machias Seal Island, predatory gulls are pushing endangered Arctic tern colonies to the brink, creating a dilemma for wildlife managers
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Wildlife
Can you hear me now? Prairie songbirds change their tune to cope with human noise
Study finds birds near noisy sites are stressed out and struggling to adapt
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How citizen scientists solved a migration mystery
No one knew golden eagles in the Yukon and Alaska migrated along the Rockies’ front ranges, until an avid birder noticed something strange
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Margaret Atwood’s new ‘Angel Catbird’ is a comic book with a cause
The celebrated Canadian novelist's first foray into comics is for the birds. But also the cats.
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The amazing sea wolves of the Great Bear Rainforest
First Nations and scientists work side by side to better understand — and protect — coastal wolves living in the Great Bear Rainforest
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Amanda Vincent on saving seahorses — and all they represent
The award-winning marine conservationist shares her passion for seahorses and marine life by encouraging young minds to save tomorrow’s oceans
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Environment
Excerpt from Crossing The Divide: Discovering a Wilderness Ethic in Canada’s Northern Rockies
Wayne Sawchuk's latest book recounts his transformation from a logger and trapper into an ardent conservationist
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Environment
Q&A: A Canadian river conservation leader on protecting our waterways
Mark Angelo, founder of BC Rivers Day and World Rivers Day, shares insights on his love of rivers, his forthcoming film and what can be done to protect the planet’s waterways
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Wildlife
Tiny plant and animal species raise big questions for conservation biologists
Nearly half of the wildlife species assessed at the most recent meeting of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada are small and obscure, with limited ranges. Here’s why they matter.
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Articles
People & Culture
The curious, extraordinary life of Anne Innis Dagg
The Canadian woman who was first in the world to study giraffes in the wild — and is still considered one of the planet’s foremost experts on the species — is only now getting her due
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Environment
Feds and Inuit governments collaborate on new High Arctic marine protections
Groups agree to plan to conserve the High Arctic Basin, while Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area becomes official
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Environment
Mapping out a new approach to biodiversity protection
Decisions around where to establish new protected areas in Canada should consider wildlife and ecosystem health first
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Exploration
Canadian diver named 2019 North American Rolex Scholar
Meet Neha Acharya-Patel, the first Canadian recipient of the prestigious Rolex scholarship from the Our World Underwater Scholarship Society
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Canada announces ban on industrial activities in marine protected areas
Oil and gas extraction, mining, dumping among prohibited activities in ecologically sensitive areas set aside for conservation
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Tracking milkweed to save monarch butterflies
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Critical habitat for boreal woodland caribou still unprotected six months after deadline
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A bear in the henhouse
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Canada must step up action to conserve polar bears: report
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Five things you may have missed in the latest COSEWIC assessment
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As Banff’s famed wildlife overpasses turn 20, the world looks to Canada for conservation inspiration
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High-tech art to bring B.C.’s annual salmon run to downtown Vancouver
Uninterrupted, a digital art installation planned for Vancouver's Cambie Street Bridge, hopes to inspire conservation efforts
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A lament for Bear 148
In spite of the best efforts of researchers and wildlife managers, the life of Bear 148 was destined to be cut prematurely short
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People & Culture
Late filmmaker’s final documentary sheds light on sharks in peril
Sharkwater Extinction, the final documentary from Canadian filmmaker and activist Rob Stewart, is now screening across Canada
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Environment
To effectively protect wilderness, Canada must get strategic, researchers say
As time runs out for Canada to meet its 2020 conservation targets, a new study aims to help governments and the public identify priority areas for protection
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Policy reforms needed to protect science from political interference, study says
Recent challenges to evidence-based policy in Canada and the United States highlight a need for more transparency and advocacy for government scientists, study authors say
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Researchers pinpoint monarch butterfly birthplaces to help conserve species
New data could help coordinate conservation efforts across three countries
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How photos and videos are changing whale research across Canada
To save whales, we first have to understand them. Here are three Canadian projects aimed at doing just that.
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Canada’s boreal wetlands are key to fighting climate change: report
A new report from the Boreal Songbird Initiative calls for enhanced protection of wetlands within Canada's boreal forest
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Seven iconic Canadian trees
In a nation of forests, these trees stand head and shoulders above the rest
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Report calls for international cooperation to protect migratory birds
Organizations would like to see at least 50 per cent of the boreal forest protected from industrial development
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Small but important fish species in trouble in parts of Canada: report
World Wildlife Fund cautions that fishery management must take entire local ecosystem into account
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Environment
Meet five young scientists taking on major environmental issues
These finalists in the 57th annual Canada-Wide Science Fair prove the future is in good hands
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In the Supreme Court’s Peel watershed decision, signs of hope for a new land power paradigm
To many, the Yukon appears to be the vanguard of a growing Indigenous land power movement in Canada centred mostly in the North
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People & Culture
Protecting whales in an ice-free Arctic
As Arctic sea ice vanishes, new measures are needed to protect marine wildlife from increased ship traffic
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Places
Gwaii Haanas set to expand protected waters
Lengthy education campaign achieved compromise between fishing industry, environmental advocates
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Back where they belong
Nearly wiped out in Alberta in the 1800s, plains bison are making a historic return to Banff National Park
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People & Culture
An interview with architect Julian Smith
The Canadian architect and conservator talks sustainable cities, cultural heritage and why the world is looking to Canada to lead
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Environment
5 Manitoban water conservation projects
How people are trying to save Manitoba's waterways
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Science & Tech
Stopping timber thieves with DNA
Volunteers are collecting samples from bigleaf maples to prevent illegal logging
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Protecting forests, in the name of the Queen
An ambitious legacy project called the Queen's Commonwealth Canopy unites forest conservation projects in the Commonwealth countries
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Ottawa River declared heritage river
The Ottawa River joins 38 other Canadian rivers that have received the designation
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Mapping the Lancaster Sound National Marine Conservation Area
Two visions of the landmark proposed marine protected region
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Travel
Reflections on water, the “lethal, limitless, life-giving frontier”
A pioneering deep-sea explorer shares thoughts on the nature and meaning of water
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