Ontario Nature Blog

You can help safeguard habitat for crawlers, fliers, climbers and future generations by donating or selling land to be part of Ontario Nature’s Nature Reserves system. Land protection from development and degradation is key to maintaining habitat integrity, ecological corridors, enhancing climate resiliency, and creating opportunities for people to connect with nature. Our Nature Reserves ...

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Forest ecosystems play a vital role in Canada’s environment, economy, and cultural identity, and their conservation is crucial in the fight against climate change. Roughly 94% of forests are publicly owned, meaning that protecting their health falls largely on the provincial government. Yet, federal and provincial governments claim Canada’s forests are sustainably managed through reporting ...

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Communities and conservation groups across Ontario have been sounding the alarm about the province’s rollback of wetland protections for years. However, Canada’s latest report to the Ramsar Convention – a global wetland conservation treaty – seems to tell a different story. What is the Ramsar Convention? The Ramsar Convention is the only global treaty that ...

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In Ontario and globally, Pride festivals have come to signify social progress. Considering there has been a “sharp rise in political hostility” towards 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual) people and an increase in hate crime reports, the movement for gender equity and sexual diversity is more important than ever. Pride ...

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The much-awaited State of Ontario’s Biodiversity 2025 report provides a glimpse into the last five years of progress on the targets and actions of Ontario’s Biodiversity Strategy. Created in 2005, the Biodiversity Strategy was developed by the Ontario Biodiversity Council, which includes Indigenous communities, environmental organizations, government, academia, industry and other partners. It acts as ...

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