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When the only habitat left is in isolated patches, plants might need a little help spreading their seeds – but concerns about ecological integrity are holding us back
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Nature writer Jessica J. Lee combines memoir, history and scientific research in her newest book, exploring how plants and people come to belong
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The environmental journalist and television personality dives into the complexities of sustainable living in a new book
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Canadian Geographic, ECOP Canada and SOI Foundation are proud to recognize five early career ocean professionals who captured outstanding images showcasing what it’s like to work on, in and for the ocean
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An agreement with the government says nations can move forward with feasibility study for new Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area in the Seal River watershed
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As cities and towns continue to expand into our wild landscapes, conservation gardens can provide refuge for Canada’s plummeting biodiversity
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Pioneered by a Japanese botanist, compact Miyawaki forests are beginning to replace backyard lawns on tiny plots around Canada
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How a cocktail of invasive species and global change is altering the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River ecosystem
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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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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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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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Hastings Wildlife Junction in eastern Ontario is an example of the scale of conservation needed in Canada
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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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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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How exceptional is Canada’s 2023 fire season? Unprecedented, according to a map of the past century of fire activity
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Struggle and success in Atlantic Canada, where aquaculturists strive to overcome climate change and contamination while chasing a sustainable carbon footprint
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Warming trends continue due to human-caused climate change
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Though a “landmark” climate fund for poor nations is being hailed as a major step forward in fighting the climate emergency, critics say the global conference did little to address the root cause of the crisis
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Yukon-based ecologists uncover four main patterns influencing changes in Yukon and address how outcomes can be improved
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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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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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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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Indigenous conservationists are listening in to track the impacts of climate change on the boreal forest
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Robert Courteau, the former chef behind FungiQuest, discusses his passion for mushrooms and the goal to map every species of fungi on the planet
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Ocean Bridge Ambassadors address the burning injustice of the climate crisis on marginalized communities
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More than a century after colonization nearly eradicated key fish populations around Vancouver, British Columbia, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation is looking to the past to restore the ecosystem.
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How a niche British Columbia-based community is working to bring attention to the importance of old-growth forests
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An in-depth look at how trees work to keep us alive and the value of old-growth forests
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A look into the subtle ways nature is in constant collaboration and not as competitive as we think
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King tides are the tipping point at which storms can become devastation — as well as a glimpse of Canada’s coastline 100 years from now. Can green infrastructure help weather the danger?
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Vancouver-based Native Shoes is exploring innovative ways to reduce its footprint
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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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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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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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Community members and local organizations gathered to plant a Miyawaki forest
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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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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, students and hunters are coming together in Iqaluktuuttiaq (Cambridge Bay) to learn from each other about snow in the High Arctic.
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As cities and towns continue to expand into our wild landscapes, conservation gardens can provide refuge for Canada’s plummeting biodiversity
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Tracking the country’s extreme weather events to answer the question: are storms getting worse?
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How new techniques may be able to help solve more cases of large-scale arson
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In February, the 5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress was hosted in Vancouver on Musqueam, Squamish and Tseil-Waututh territory. Here are seven highlights for the seven seas.
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This will be the first town in North America to be accredited as a United Nations Ramsar City Wetland Site
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Conservation photographer TJ Watt advocates for the protection of old-growth ecosystems by documenting the loss of giant trees
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Inuit food security and self-governance in a rapidly warming Arctic are at the centre of a new policy paper issued by the Inuit Circumpolar Council
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Research institutions from across Canada and the U.S. collaborate to collect and analyze carbon samples from the Great Lakes during peak ice coverage
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One of the most complex challenges for nature conservation comes from a simple question: what must we save?
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David Grémillet explores the remarkable life and work of fisheries scientist Daniel Pauly
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The conventional thinking around building design in the Arctic is changing to reflect the region’s geographic and cultural diversity and give northerners more agency
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The Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society teamed up for two days of talks on the future of the Arctic and the “blue economy” in Norway and Canada
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80 global geography societies and organizations from 59 countries have signed a joint declaration urging the world’s leaders to protect nature and secure a liveable climate
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British Columbia, Washington State and Oregon sit on a fault line that is capable of producing some of the strongest earthquakes on the planet. A new book reveals it’s not a matter of if, but when the next “Big One” will strike.
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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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Canada missed a chance to rebuild northern cod stocks in the 1980s, highlighting the importance of taking a long view of fisheries management, researchers say
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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
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Already gaining steam before the pandemic, interest in urban farming — and hunger for hyper-local food — has soared. A look at three Canadian takes on the urban farming phenomenon
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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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How natural solutions could mitigate 78 megatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
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With wildfires on the rise, those who tackle them have to make choices about when to take action
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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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Custom-made nanoscale systems can use precision chemistry to achieve high-efficiency delivery of fertilizers or pesticides
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Polar lows are particularly challenging to forecast due to their small size and short lifetime
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The first-of-its-kind partnership will bolster city parks at a time when Canadians need them most
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An excerpt from “We Always Begin with an Acknowledgement of the Land” by Amish Morrell
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We rely on ice for a lot more than just a cold drink — here’s some of the latest news on frozen water
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National Wildlife Week honours Miner for his pioneer work in wildlife conservation
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Some are finding ways to heal through forest therapy
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In her quest to visit and get to know the parks, Marlis Butcher canoed, kayaked, mountain biked, backpacked, hiked, snowshoed, snorkelled, and trekked by whatever means of travel she could devise
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Fire detection, forecasting, management — and how decisions are made
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In an excerpt from his new book, A Life of Extremes: The Life and Times of a Polar Filmmaker, filmmaker Max Quinn offers unique insight to some of the most beautiful and extreme places on earth
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Research aims to reevaluate microplastic pollution’s impact on the climate
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A former boyfriend, who’d worked as a wildland firefighter in the Rocky Mountain House area, had told me a story about a lookout. One day, while visiting one of the fire…
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In an excerpt from his new book, author Paul Sorrell teches how to connect to nature with a photographer's eye
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The B.C. based biologist reflects on her decades long fight to preserve the ecosystem she calls home
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Protecting Piper Lake’s ecosystem sometimes takes drastic measures
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All the plastic that has ever been produced is part of the carbon cycle