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Everything you need to know about COP15 in Montreal
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How does your garden grow?
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Live Net Zero: Turning up the heat
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Live Net Zero: Reducing household electricity consumption
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Network of Nature: The new program working to restore Canada’s biodiversity, one plant at a time
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Bioacoustics: What nature’s sounds can tell us about the health of our world
Recording the soundscapes of our ecosystems is a burgeoning field that allows researchers to better decode what the Earth is saying. But are we listening?
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Habitat of the heart
An exclusive excerpt from nature-deficit disorder expert Richard Louv's new book Our Wild Calling: How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our Lives — and Save Theirs
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Douze photographes canadiens partagent la nature qu’ils adorent
Nous avons demandé à certains des photographes les plus remarquables du Canada d’expliquer pourquoi ils dédient leur temps à capter des images de la nature. Voici ce qu’ils ont révélé.
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12 Canadian photographers share the nature they love
We asked some of Canada’s most accomplished photographers why they dedicate their time to capturing images of nature. Here’s what they said.
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The power we have to renew a world in peril
In an exclusive excperpt from his new book Commanding Hope, Thomas Homer-Dixon highlights four key stresses that inhibit society's collective sense of a promising future for our planet
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Photos: How climate change is transforming Canada
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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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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One in eight bird species is at risk of extinction: report
Agricultural expansion, invasive species, climate change blamed for decline in bird species worldwide
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Inside the mysterious decline of Earth’s insects
Insects are by far the most populous species on the planet, but they seem to be disappearing. Why aren’t more people concerned?
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The many benefits of the minuscule but mighty Miyawaki forests
Pioneered by a Japanese botanist, compact Miyawaki forests are beginning to replace backyard lawns on tiny plots around Canada
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All about bees: Common misconceptions, helping pollinators and how to actually ‘save the bees’
A Garden for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee: Creating Habitat Gardens for Native Pollinators is an inspiring and practical guide that will help gardeners create habitats full of life and learn about what is needed to take action to support and protect pollinators
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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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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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The day the cod collapsed
An exclusive excerpt from the new book Cod Collapse: The Rise and Fall of Newfoundland's Saltwater Cowboys
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A community’s quest to document every species on their island home
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5 Canadian artists addressing Canada’s increasingly threatened landscapes
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Citizen to scientist: Six apps that can help you make a difference
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“It’s at the very core of everything”: The significance of Canada’s wild rivers
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My relationship with nature: It’s complicated
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Trump’s proposed changes to Endangered Species Act worry Canadian conservationists
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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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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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Five green highlights of the latest federal budget
Budget 2018 contains some major investments in Canada's wilderness and wildlife. Here are the highlights.
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Meet the winners of the 2017 Nature Inspiration Awards
Seven outstanding individuals recognized for their contributions to nature and the environment
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Saskatchewan’s wild boar problem
A porcine invader poses a serious risk to the province's agriculture industry and native vegetation
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Every day is Halloween for these eerie insects
Often gory and gross, insects use disguises to improve ther odds of survival
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Citizen science platform iNaturalist is testing artificial intelligence to help with species identification
Can a computer learn to identify species?
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Six Canadians receive grants for projects to get youth active in nature
The projects, all led by young women, range in theme from camping to climate change mitigation
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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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Seven iconic Canadian trees
In a nation of forests, these trees stand head and shoulders above the rest
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Survey finds Canadians support limiting human activity to save endangered species — up to a point
Biologists wanted to know what Canadians would be willing to sacrifice in the name of conservation
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Canada’s dirty secret
Canada leads the developed world in per capita production of garbage. What’s behind our nation’s wasteful ways?
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Exclusive interview: Catherine McKenna on the science, community and value of parks
The Environment and Climate Change minister shares insights from her recent tour of Labrador's Nunatsiavut region and Torngat Mountains National Park
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Why Canada needs an Environmental Bill of Rights
What do you get the country that has it all for its 150th birthday?
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