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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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Vancouver-based Native Shoes is exploring innovative ways to reduce its footprint
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Schindler conducted numerous groundbreaking studies during his career in efforts to protect freshwater around the world
Daniel Pauly on preventing the end of fish
02Planting local: In major shift, Toronto requires some developers to source native plants from local seeds
03Global geography community calls for action on climate and biodiversity crises
04How earthquake scientists solved the mystery of the last “Big One” in the Pacific Northwest
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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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They sustain us, enrich our lives and inspire us
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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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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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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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Cattle grazing helps to conserve endangered grasslands as well as the habitat for many species at risk
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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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With wildfires on the rise, those who tackle them have to make choices about when to take action
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The comet passed close to Earth in mid-July, giving stargazers and photographers amazing photo opportunities
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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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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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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
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Two new projects highlight commitments to a more collaborative, coordinated and efficient approach to ocean protection and marine responses to anthropogenic disasters
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The expansion could offer economic, social and environmental benefits to the area
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Many of Canada’s 25 watersheds are under threat from pollution, habitat degradation, water overuse and invasive species
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This facility will aid in the reduction of greenhouse gases in Canada
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The animated short film called Last Fish, First Boat recounts the 1992 cod moratorium
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Works of fiction can be the starting point for much-needed conversations about sustainable solutions to complex issues
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The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science kicks off Feb. 3, 2021
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A Nature Conservancy Canada poll finds spending time in nature is more important than ever
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Program used community reports and remote sensing to confirm tornadoes
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How Montreal wages a $166-million battle against snow every single year to keep its streets and sidewalks clear
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The $3.16 billion effort was announced mid-December
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The Passive House style is a “pragmatic combination” of applied building science and economics
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Canadian Audible Original takes listeners on a cross-country journey through sound
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Billion-year-old water sample reveals much about the past — and the present
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Glaciers play a vital role in sculpting the landscape, and their retreat can bring about drastic consequences
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A sustainable journey starts with a single step says founder and CEO
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Michel Doyon, manager of flight and systems operations at the Canadian Space Agency, walks us through what space debris is and its impact on Canada
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Ocean Bridge’s Learning Journeys looked a little bit different in 2020 due to COVID-19 and travel restrictions
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An estimated 29 million mammals are killed each year on European roads
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The fight to save the city’s oldest tree is over, and Zhelevo has won
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Author Lynn Martel offers an examination of Canadian glaciers to understand their futures and the secrets they hold
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An interview with Natural Resources Canada Minister Seamus O’Regan on the federal government’s recent decision
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Starting with a simple question – ‘Which way am I looking?’ – Tristan Gooley blends natural science, myth, folklore and the history of travel to introduce you to the rare and ancient art of finding your way using nature’s own sign-posts, from the feel of a rock to a glance at the moon
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A conversation with filmmakers on how they captured this unique ecosystem, on screen.
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RCGS Fellow Jacqueline Windh jumped at the opportunity to participate in a six-week cleanup along the coast of B.C.
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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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The Canadian environmentalist talks about Greta Thunberg’s climate strikes and our place in nature
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The report contains both optimism and warnings as Canada and its watersheds struggle with the twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change
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A roundup of all things plastics, including the items set to be banned in Canada by the end of 2021
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Photos from our Can Geo Instagram community showcase the beauty of the changing season across the country
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The Anthropocene is a proposed geological epoch dating from the commencement of significant human impact on Earth's geology and ecosystems
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For World Rivers Day, we've compiled a list of must-read books about rivers
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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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In the first week of cleanup activities, more than 26 tons of marine debris was pulled from the ocean
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Finding himself 'pinned down by nature' — the COVID-19 pandemic — Burtynsky picked up a camera
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How grasslands protection and conservation agriculture can work as front-line defences against climate change
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From rain to snow, from high temperatures to low, 50 questions to test your weather wits
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Currently only at 4.4 per cent, the province still needs to acquire another 2.6 per cent of land to protect by the end of 2020
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Two marine biologists offer a glimpse of life at the bottom of the ocean during 2018, 2019 and 2020 seamount expeditions
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Doing your part as an eco-conscious consumer doesn’t end once you buy a bioplastic product
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Wayne Sawchuk's latest book recounts his transformation from a logger and trapper into an ardent conservationist
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Some of our favourite shots of monarch butterflies from the Can Geo Photo Club in honour of the International Monarch Monitoring Blitz
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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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The 2020 Canadian City Parks Report looks at challenges and opportunties for Canada's parks under a COVID-19 lens
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What can we learn when western science and traditional knowledge intersect?
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A love story about a wild river
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Ghost gear — lost or abandoned fishing gear — is a major problem in our oceans, but renewed efforts are underway to clean it up
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Torontonians are rallying around a campaign to save Zhelevo, a massive red oak believed to have stood in North York since before the city was founded
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The drying of peatlands in Canada heightens the risk of wildfires and can turn into a carbon source instead of a carbon sink