Environment
The promise of COP15
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault made big commitments at the international biodiversity conference held in Montreal in December. What does that mean on the ground?
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Spotlight on conservation: Kootenay River Ranch
Thanks to contributions from donors like Kruger Products, the Nature Conservancy of Canada is restoring and protecting some of Canada’s most valuable ecosystems
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Comprendre le comportement animal est essentiel pour la conservation de la biodiversité
En comprenant pourquoi les animaux se comportent comme ils le font, nous pouvons mieux les protéger tout en sensibilisant les gens à leur statut précaire
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Why understanding animal behaviour is key for biodiversity conservation
By understanding why animals do what they do, we can better protect them while making people care
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Forest mast: Nature as a community of care
What is lost when we destroy a forest? In an excerpt from her new book, Our Green Heart, renowned biochemist and botanist Diana Beresford-Kroeger reveals the profound and far-reaching effects of an abundant year — and issues a call to action.
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Biodiversity by design: A birds and bees tour of Calgary
Alberta’s largest city has a lofty goal to restore some of its roadsides, boulevards and other open spaces to a more natural state. Here’s a look at some biodiversity-friendly projects already underway.
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How Indigenous Peoples are leading the way on global biodiversity protection
Indigenous knowledge allowed ecosystems to thrive for millennia — and now it’s finally being recognized as integral in solving the world’s biodiversity crisis. What part did it play in COP15?
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Spotlight on conservation: Hastings Wildlife Junction
Hastings Wildlife Junction in eastern Ontario is an example of the scale of conservation needed in Canada
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Valérie Courtois on what she hopes will come out of COP15: “to save the world”
The Director of the Indigenous Leadership Initiative discusses COP15, the importance of the boreal forest and the vital role of Indigenous-led conservation and stewardship
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Spotlight on conservation: Fitzpatrick Island, Quebec
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The many benefits of the minuscule but mighty Miyawaki forests
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Vanishing birdsong: How climate change is altering Canada’s soundscape
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Key Biodiversity Areas bring conservation close to home
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“We did this:” Is there a way out of our intertwined climate and biodiversity crises?
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The sixth extinction
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Harvey Locke on COP26 and why “nature needs half”
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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
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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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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10 interesting discoveries from BioBlitz Canada 150
35 events, 16,600 hours and 7,510 recorded species: the results are in from a series of bioblitz events held to commemorate Canada 150
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The illegal wildlife trade is a biodiversity apocalypse
An estimated annual $175-billion business, the illegal trade in wildlife is the world’s fourth-largest criminal enterprise. It stands to radically alter the animal kingdom.
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The strange way scientists are trying to save snakes in southwestern Ontario
You’ve heard of snakes on a plane, but what about snakes in tubes?
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Science & Tech
Exploring the human microbiome, our ‘forgotten organ’
Me & My Microbes: The Zoo Inside You, a new exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, examines the connections between our microbiome and our health
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Hearts in the Ice: Biodiversity and our oceans
Two adventurers have extended their stay in isolation in Svalbard, Norway to continue gathering wildlife observations in the remote Arctic
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