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Safeguarding the future of Canada’s environment
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What is the most “Canadian” animal? It’s not the moose
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A life well lived: Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison
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Conservation translocation: helping endangered plants recover
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The butterfly redemption
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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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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: 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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Planting a network of mini forests across Canada
Six new mini forests were planted in cities across Canada in 2023 as part of a national pilot project to combat biodiversity loss and create new green spaces in urban areas — and the work is just beginning
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Toronto high school students are shoring up urban biodiversity, one acorn at a time
The student-led Ravine Stewardship Team at Toronto French School is providing local acorns to neighbours and nurseries to increase the city’s native tree canopy
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Crossing Paths: New photography project takes aim at the impacts of transportation on wildlife
The debut campaign launched by the Canadian Conservation Photographers Collective brings awareness to threats to wildlife from roads, railway transit, ocean transportation and air traffic
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Hide and seek: The race to save the Vancouver Island Marmot
In the field with researchers and volunteers scrambling to save Canada’s most endangered mammal
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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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Spotlight on conservation: Fitzpatrick Island, Quebec
Thanks in part to a donation from Kruger Products, the Nature Conservancy of Canada, in collaboration with Kebaowek First Nation, is protecting this ecologically significant island in the Ottawa River
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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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People & Culture
Interview with Dolf DeJong on helping endangered red panda populations at the Toronto Zoo
The CEO of the Toronto Zoo and Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society talks about the newborn red panda cub and how a single animal can make a difference
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Timber poaching: The secretive crime decimating North America’s forests
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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Racing for Survival: Ontario’s blue racer
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Protecting Canada’s hidden “meadows of the sea”
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Inside the National Biodiversity Cryobank of Canada, a DNA “library of life”
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Hope grows for one of Canada’s most endangered species as greater sage-grouse are released into the wild
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Migration in the time of climate change
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To effectively protect wilderness, Canada must get strategic, researchers say
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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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How cattle ranching can help preserve species at risk in Canada’s grasslands
Agriculture can play an important role in protecting and restoring critical habitat on the Prairies
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Every turtle species in Canada is now at some level of risk
To save turtles, we need to think in “turtle time,” biologist says
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Critical habitat for boreal woodland caribou still unprotected six months after deadline
Environmental groups frustrated by lack of action on the part of the provinces
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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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“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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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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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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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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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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Countering climate change
How natural solutions could mitigate 78 megatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
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They turned their farm into a forest. Fifteen years later, it’s thriving
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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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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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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Canada‘s largest EVER private conservation project
Also: Climate changed restaurant menus, sandhill cranes in New Brunswick, bears waking up from their slumber — and a pesky woodpecker hits Canada where it hurts
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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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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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Seeing the garden through the trees: The Indigenous forest gardens of coastal B.C.
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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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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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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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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Maternal pen project could be last chance for tiny endangered mountain caribou herd
The South Selkirk mountain caribou herd currently numbers just 11 animals
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Canada must step up action to conserve polar bears: report
New report from the WWF calls for increased international cooperation on polar bear conservation
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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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Five things you may have missed in the latest COSEWIC assessment
Whether it's lampreys on Vancouver Island or a rare moth on the Prairies, the latest assessment from the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada provides a snapshot of the nation's fragile and fascinating species
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I am Mutehekau Shipu: A river’s journey to personhood in eastern Quebec
In February 2021, the world was introduced to Mutehekau Shipu — also known as the Magpie River — when the people of Ekuanitshit, Que. and the regional municipality made a joint declaration granting the river legal personhood and rights. The declaration carries broad implications for the fight to protect nature across Canada and around the world.
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Severn Cullis-Suzuki on a path forward for the environment
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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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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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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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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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Carcajou : sur la piste de l’insaisissable diable
Le héros joueur de tours – féroce, intelligent et puissant – devra faire preuve de toute son ingéniosité pour continuer à exister
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Wolverine: Tracking the elusive trickster
The trickster hero — ferocious, clever and strong — will need all of its ingenuity to continue to flourish
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Tracking milkweed to save monarch butterflies
André-Philippe Drapeau Picard of Mission Monarch discusses the threats facing monarchs and how Canadians can help
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Stopping timber thieves with DNA
Volunteers are collecting samples from bigleaf maples to prevent illegal logging
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As Banff’s famed wildlife overpasses turn 20, the world looks to Canada for conservation inspiration
The innovative structures are heralded for having opened migration corridors and saved countless animals from vehicle collisions
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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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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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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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Sounding the alarm: The AR experience that lets you “swim” with southern resident orca
Visitors can “swim” under the Salish Sea with holographic orca and learn about the noise pollution threatening the health of these endangered cetaceans
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The sixth extinction
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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How the forest sector conserves biodiversity in our forests
Human intervention in natural forest processes might seem counterintuitive, but experts say active management can actually help reduce wildfire risk and restore forests’ value to wildlife
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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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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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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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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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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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Alanna Mitchell on 10 years of ”Sea Sick”
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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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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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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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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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A bear in the henhouse
How the drama of climate change is playing out on a small island in Hudson Bay
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Why won’t wolverines cross the road?
In shedding light on wolverines’ aversion to roads, new research suggests the key to their conservation in Alberta
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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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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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