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LOOKOUT: Love, Solitude and Searching for Wildlife in the Boreal Forest
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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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A major research project from the University of Alberta outlines pockets of Canada's boreal forest that may give wildlife more time and space to adjust to a changing climate
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Species richness in Canada’s remaining intact forests
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A new report from the Boreal Songbird Initiative calls for enhanced protection of wetlands within Canada's boreal forest
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Indigenous conservationists are listening in to track the impacts of climate change on the boreal forest
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The boreal is one of the world's last great forest regions. Meet the people who call it home, and who are working to find balance between development and conservation.
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Timber poaching has become “a problem in every national forest,” with an estimated $1 billion worth of wood poached yearly in North America
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Trees in tropical regions of the globe can withstand temperatures up to 32.3 degrees Celsius and still effectively store carbon
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How Ontario's Haliburton Forest balances preservation with profit
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An ambitious legacy project called the Queen's Commonwealth Canopy unites forest conservation projects in the Commonwealth countries
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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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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
People & Culture
People & Culture
People & Culture
A new children’s book from Kids Can Press tells the story of Vancouver native Simon Jackson’s efforts to raise global awareness of the importance of British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest
People & Culture
In British Columbia’s Bella Coola Valley, the next generation of Nuxalk culture-keepers and Guardian Watchmen is establishing a new paradigm for Indigenous rights
Wildlife
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Wildlife
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Glaciologist Joseph Cook on the vibrant life in the Arctic ice sheet
Science & Tech
There was no sign of these birds of prey in the boreal Yukon by 2007, but a long-term study is now recording small returns
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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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The behavior of birds before and after the blaze that devastated Alberta’s Fort McMurray area in 2016 is leading to interesting insights into the rebound of boreal habitat
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In 2005, a federal government program aimed to convert underused farmland into forests to capture carbon dioxide. How have these ‘Forest 2020’ projects fared?
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Fire activity in the Brazilian Amazon surged this week; here are some key things to know about the situation
Mapping
Mangroves provide a range of benefits, including protection from storms and the prevention of coastal erosion
Mapping
Mapping
This colourful forest-cover map, completed in 1974, provided invaluable information for the management of the National Capital Region’s cherished park
Mapping
Chris Brackley explores four map backgrounds and makes the cartographic case for why satellite imagery isn’t as useful in mapmaking as you may think it is.
Mapping
Land cover change maps can help us determine our impact on the land — and how we can mitigate it in the future
Wildlife
The plight of Lynx canadensis, which is not at risk in Canada but threatened in the United States, highlights the difficulty of conserving species across borders
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Streams surrounded by intact forest are better at providing clean water, carbon storage and wildlife habitat
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The discovery of the 150-year-old Ts’msyen and Coast Salish garden sites — and their still-booming biodiversity — could provide fresh inspiration for both land management and food security solutions
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The vast majority of B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest is now permanently off-limits to industrial logging, thanks to a landmark agreement that effectively ends decades of fighting
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Future ignitions may increase carbon emissions and accelerate the boreal forest’s northern expansion
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World-renowned tree expert and author Diana Beresford-Kroeger's film crosses continents and disciplines to show how trees sustain all life on Earth
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Follow the team of specialists diagnosing the ills of British Columbia’s Fraser River
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Since the 1990s, mountain pine beetles have invaded more than 18 million hectares of forest in Western Canada. Researchers now have a better understanding of how this is done.
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Protecting and restoring Canada’s forests and wetlands may be a great long-term way to mitigate the changing climate
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It’s saplings vs. climate change, ‘Survivor’ style
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Some are finding ways to heal through forest therapy
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From floods to fires, drought to coastal erosion, climate change is already having an impact on Canada's communities, landscapes and wildlife
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As the impacts of global warming become increasingly evident, the connections to biodiversity loss are hard to ignore. Can this fall’s two key international climate conferences point us to a nature-positive future?
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As the federal government considers the fate of proposed pipelines, a unique science experiment aims to understand the consequences of an oil spill in a freshwater lake
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On May 1, 2016 a wildfire began southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta. One year later, researchers predict that wildfires are only going to become more common.
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Kelp’s potential as a commercial crop is finally being recognized — and, as kelp forests vanish worldwide, so is its importance in coastal ecosystems
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Researchers at the University of Alberta have trained a "self-organizing map" to identify high-risk days for fires
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Researchers from the international PoLAR-FIT team are revealing a four-million-year-old forest beautifully preserved in permafrost and peat on Nunavut’s Ellesmere Island
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Fire detection, forecasting, management — and how decisions are made
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Revisiting a groundbreaking discovery on Canada's northernmost island
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Fragmented biomes threaten efforts to combat climate change, warns new study
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The planet is in the midst of drastic biodiversity loss that some experts think may be the next great species die-off. How did we get here and what can be done about it?
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An exclusive excerpt from botanist Diana Beresford-Kroeger’s new book about how forests can not only heal us but save the planet
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When it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, habitats themselves can be critical allies
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Jane Goodall sits with John Geiger, CEO of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, to talk about her global efforts to protect the great apes, the environment and the human community.
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How climate change is destroying some of Canada's most important underwater ecosystems
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Environment
The plastic problem on Haida Gwaii felt like witnessing a second wave of colonization
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Hundreds of Canada’s species at risk are plants, and most of them live where we do
People & Culture
An utterly engaging dive into our modern ways of retreat — where we go, why we’re drawn, and how it’s urgent
People & Culture
People & Culture
People & Culture
With eight names on the slate for the new bill, what geographical features should make the shortlist?
People & Culture
While planning for seasonal disasters at the same time as a pandemic is tricky, lessons can be applied from one to the other
People & Culture
Explore Canada's various tartans (and the stories behind them)
Wildlife
The search for these iconic Canadian birds will take you to some of the most scenic locations the country has to offer
Wildlife
Jon Gerrard and Elston Dzus lead a now 50-year study of a thriving population of bald eagles in northern boreal Saskatchewan. Here they talk about the longevity of the research, key discoveries, the challenges of climbing trees and more.
Wildlife
Does a bird need to be famous to hold the title of Canada’s National Bird? Jody Allair thinks not.
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After two years, nearly 50,000 votes and thousands of public and expert comments, the Canadian Geographic National Bird Project concludes. Meet our newest national emblem.
Wildlife
Why Canada’s cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us
Wildlife
Exploring our love-hate relationship with the wolf
Wildlife
Project will use satellite imagery to track walrus populations and habitats and guide their conservation
Travel
Brush up on your aurora borealis trivia
Travel
Canada has just as much geographic diversity as a galaxy far, far away.
Travel
In a new book, journalist John Zada explores the evidence for Bigfoot and why we want to believe in the unexplained
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Best places in Alberta to take a hike
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Places
It’s an ambitious plan: take the traditional Parks Canada wilderness concept and plunk it in the country’s largest city. But can Toronto’s Rouge National Urban Park help balance city life with wildlife?
Kids
Canadian Geographic Education’s series of giant floor maps gives students a colossal dose of cartography and is a powerful teaching tool