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The Montreal Pledge: Your City Can be a Champion for Biodiversity

October 24, 2023–Kellsie Bonnyman

Conservation News

Lambton Woods © Matt Forsythe

Many of us are aware of the frightening rates of global biodiversity decline, highlighted at the COP15 conference in Montreal last December. There, the parties to the United Nations Convention ...

The Healing Place

October 24, 2023–Guest blogger

Climate Change•Stewardship and restoration

Squash, corn and beans © Feria de Productores CC BY 2.0

As one of North America’s largest clean electricity providers, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) meets about half of Ontario’s power needs. To continue advancing towards a greener Ontario and fight climate ...

Black Ash: A Lesson on How Not to Implement Ontario’s Endangered Species Act

October 20, 2023–Anne Bell

Advocacy•Indigenous Relations•Species at Risk•Wild Species

Black ash © Charlotte Cadow CC BY-NC 4.0

Ontario’s Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) is throwing precaution and good advice to the wind in its approach to protecting the endangered black ash. When the species was ...

2023 Youth Summit Participants Share Their Experience

October 12, 2023–Maya Davidson

Environmental Education•Indigenous Relations•Recreation and Events•Youth

This past September, the annual Youth Summit for Mother Earth returned for a fully in-person cross-cultural learning event held at Camp Wahanowin, on Chippewas of Rama First Nation territory. In ...

The Wainfleet Bog: Heart and Lungs of the Niagara Peninsula Watershed

October 4, 2023–Guest blogger

Conservation Authorities•Wetlands

Bogs play a vital ecosystem role. Acting like a sink, they absorb rainwater, store it underground and then slowly release it into nearby streams. Bogs are also key to flood ...

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Black Ash: A Lesson on How Not to Implement Ontario’s Endangered Species Act

2023 Youth Summit Participants Share Their Experience

The Wainfleet Bog: Heart and Lungs of the Niagara Peninsula Watershed

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