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Category: Conservation News

Bill C-226 Is a Step in the Right Direction

July 25, 2024–Alessi Remigio

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Conservation News

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Environmental justice advocates are celebrating Bill C-226’s reception of royal assent on June 20, 2024. First introduced by former MP Lenore Zann as, Bill C-226 – now known as the ...

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Life in Plastic, Not So Fantastic: Plastics Treaty Negotiations in Ottawa

July 10, 2024–Abbey Struyk

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Conservation News•Reduce Your Footprint

Plastic litter and debris © Todd Wade CC BY 2.0

In 2022, the worldwide production of plastics reached over 400 million metric tonnes, marking an increase of about 1.6 percent from the previous year. With mounting pressure to find a ...

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Zombie Fires Burning in the Peat

May 29, 2024–Rajinstan Kamalraj

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Conservation News•Climate Change•Wetlands

Boreal forest sunrise, northern Ontario © Rajinstan Kamalraj

Lurking underground in Canada’s boreal forests, zombie fires are the latest concern in an ever-growing list of issues arising from a changing climate. Ever wondered how wildfires start so early ...

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Have Ontario’s Protected Areas Lost Their Way?

May 8, 2024–Corina Brdar

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Conservation News•Campaigns and advocacy•Protected Places•Reduce Your Footprint

Quetico Provincial Park, mature white pines © Noah Cole

Nature advocates have come a long way since the days of “fortress conservation” when nature was thought to be a place where humans aren’t. We now understand that humans have ...

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Saving Ontario’s Disappearing Wetlands – the Goulbourn Wetland Complex

April 11, 2024–Janet Stavinga

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Conservation News•Campaigns and advocacy•Habitat•Nature Network•Wetlands

Lookout over the Goulbourn Wetland Complex, a provincially significant wetland, at the headwaters of Poole Creek, along the Trans Canada Trail just west of Stittsville. © Brian Beattie

In a province already experiencing extensive wetland loss, one would think all efforts would be made to protect those that remain. However, from March 2023 to March 2024, 156 hectares ...

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