Ontario Nature Blog

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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Spanning 3,000 acres of wetlands and forest, Wye Marsh is a Provincially Significant Wetland (PSW) located on the south shore of Georgian Bay that provides habitat for many of Ontario’s most vulnerable species. This includes 11 of Ontario’s 15 snake species many of which are declining due to habitat loss, road mortality, and persecution. The ...

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Ontario Nature is excited to officially announce an additional 13,000 hectares of protected and conserved areas now contributing towards Canada’s target to protect 30 percent of all lands and waters by 2030, known as the 30×30 target. The 30×30 target represents a national and international movement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss through well-connected, equitably ...

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