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Near-urban Protected Areas in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Now Count Towards Canada’s Target

April 13, 2023–Jenna Kip

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Conservation News•Campaigns and advocacy•Protected Places

Lambton Woods, Toronto © Matt Forsythe

Ontario Nature is thrilled to announce the success of ongoing efforts to recognize conservation lands in southern Ontario that can count towards Canada’s “30 by 30” protected areas target. Building ...

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Protecting Ontario’s Remaining Roadless Areas: the Black Bay Peninsula

March 23, 2023–Jenna Cardoso

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Campaigns and advocacy•Habitat•Protected Places•Wild Species

Black Bay Peninsula © Superior Hiking CC BY 2.0

Northern Ontario is known for its rugged landscapes of dense black spruce forests, crystal clear lakes and rivers, and pristine wilderness areas. However, industrial development is increasingly fragmenting the northern ...

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Meeting 30 x 30 – an Ambitious Target

February 9, 2023–Corina Brdar

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Campaigns and advocacy•Protected Places

Nabish Lake © Kristen Setala

The phrase “30 x 30” dominated the headlines from COP15 in Montreal last December. It’s the international commitment to protect at least 30 percent of the world’s lands and waters ...

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Discover the Wonders of Wetlands in Winter

February 2, 2023–Maya Davidson

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Campaigns and advocacy•Habitat•Water•Wetlands

Red osier dogwood in winter wetland © Duncan Rawlinson

Without the chorus of birdsong and frog calls heard in warmer months, it’s easy to picture wetlands as vacant in the winter. But appearances can be deceiving. Snow-blanketed ice transforms ...

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Ontarians Won’t Be Ignored

January 25, 2023–Corina Brdar

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Campaigns and advocacy

Global Climate Strike - Toronto, 9-27-2019 © Noah Cole

Snip, snip, snip. That’s how my supervisor, Anne Bell, described the recent tangle of legislation and policy proposals dumped on Ontarians in October and November of 2022. It was my ...

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