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Big tree hunters: saving the last untouched areas of the planet
How a niche British Columbia-based community is working to bring attention to the importance of old-growth forests
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Wildlife Wednesday: how chaos theory can explain narwhals’ weird behaviour
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Environment
Planting local: In major shift, Toronto requires some developers to source native plants from local seeds
Changes to the city’s Green Standard aimed at protecting its fragile ravine network will pose challenges and opportunities for landscapers — and could kick off a national trend
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What if we could plant trees as quickly as we cut them down?
Experts say global reforestation is one of our best defences against climate change, so a Toronto-based company is developing drones that can get the job done quickly
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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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Environment
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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Environment
The surprising bounty of urban backyards
In this exclusive excerpt from The Fruitful City: The Enduring Power of the Urban Food Forest, author Helena Moncrieff goes inside the movement to find purpose for Toronto's forgotten fruit
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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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Travel
Finding wolves, deep-fried wood and a submarine in Haliburton Forest
How Ontario's Haliburton Forest balances preservation with profit
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