Ontario Nature Blog

On the heels of the recent 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) and Canada’s commitments to natural climate solutions and ending deforestation, it is imperative to take a critical look at Canada’s current emissions and the ways in which they’re counted. A new report by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Nature Canada, Environmental Defence ...

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The Auditor General of Ontario’s report, Protecting and Recovering Species at Risk, is not reading for the faint of heart. Released on November 22, 2021 the audit sets out in excruciating detail the Government of Ontario’s abject failure to exercise its duty to protect the province’s most vulnerable plants and animals. The review spans the ...

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When I think about what led me to do the work I do in the environmental field, I can’t help but think of the importance of fostering a love for nature in youth. This Giving Tuesday, Ontario Nature is raising funds to grow its Nature Guardians Youth Program to support youth-led conservation action. This is ...

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On November 2nd at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (known as COP26), over 100 world leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pledged to end and reverse deforestation by 2030. Nature-based climate solutions, such as protecting and restoring forests, are premised on working with nature to meet our climate and biodiversity targets. Old growth forests ...

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In its final report, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada called on governments, educational and religious institutions, civil society groups and all Canadians to act on the 94 Calls to Action it identified to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance reconciliation. Adopting and implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of ...

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