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Loopholes for the Forestry Industry Could Threaten Canada’s Climate Action

December 9, 2021–Graeme Smith

Boreal Forest•Climate Change•Habitat•Land-use planning•Wild Species

Clearcut © Ontario Nature

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 ...

Failure: Ontario’s Record on Protecting Species at Risk

December 2, 2021–Anne Bell

Habitat•Land-use planning•Species at Risk•Stewardship and restoration

Blanding's turtle, threatened © David Allen CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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 ...

Road Proposal Threatens Mer Bleue Internationally Significant Wetland

August 19, 2021–Jakob Mueller

Climate Change•Habitat•Land-use planning•Wetlands

Mer Bleue © Joe CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

In Ottawa, municipal politicians are backing a project that would build a multi-lane artery across a section of the city’s Greenbelt, fragmenting habitat and impacting the edge of a wetland ...

Holland Marsh: No Place For a Freeway

July 16, 2021–Margaret Prophet

Greenbelt and Greenway•Land-use planning•Wetlands

The former mayor of Toronto, David Crombie, once gave me invaluable insight about how we view nature. He said, “We look at green spaces and nature as places with potential. ...

Greenspaces Cannot be Protected Without Youth Voices: Lessons Learned From Highway 413

April 9, 2021–Miranda Baksh

Climate Change•Greenbelt and Greenway•Land-use planning•Youth

Under the guise of recovering from the global pandemic, the provincial government is planning to fast-track the construction of Highway 413 at the cost of $6 billion tax dollars. Though ...

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