Ontario Nature Blog

On October 20, 2024, Ontario’s new Provincial Planning Statement (PPS) officially came into effect. This overhaul of the province’s land use planning framework merges the former PPS (2020) with the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, effectively dismantling the policy framework that was created to guide sustainable, well-planned growth within one of Ontario’s fastest ...

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Ontario is home to the largest remaining stand of old growth red pine anywhere in the world. This 1,600-hectare old growth forest is found at Wolf Lake, in the northeast corner of Greater Sudbury. Its preservation is moving one step closer to reality thanks to a new partnership between Wahnapitae First Nation, the Save Wolf ...

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Ontario Nature has previously documented and advocated against the extensive changes to the Endangered Species Act (the Act) and its impact on Ontario’s most vulnerable species, and has asked members and supporters to sign now completed Action Alerts. It can be difficult to keep track of all these regulatory changes that weaken protections for species ...

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If it wasn’t farmed or harvested, every piece of material that people interact with daily was mined or quarried. As the global community pivots from fossil fuels to mitigate climate change, renewable energies such as solar, wind, and electric vehicles have become crucial. These technologies depend on critical minerals like lithium, a precious metal whose ...

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Nature-based solutions to address the climate crisis are important and gaining popularity but they alone cannot address it effectively while the burning of fossil fuels – the primary driver of global heating and pollution – continues unchecked. The connection between the burning of fossil fuels and worsening ecological and human health impacts is stark. And ...

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