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Failure: Ontario’s Record on Protecting Species at Risk

December 2, 2021–Anne Bell

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Habitat•Land-use planning•Ontario Nature•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 ...

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Foster a Love for Nature in Youth this Giving Tuesday

November 25, 2021–Justin Peter from Quest Nature Tours

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Giving Tuesday•Nature Guardians Youth Program•Ontario Nature

Justin at age 10 about to feed a chickadee, with sister and mentor © Pavel Peter

When I think about what led me to do the work I do in the environmental field, I can’t help but think of the importance of fostering a love for ...

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Immediate Action Needed to Protect Ontario’s Old-growth Forests

November 18, 2021–Jenna Cardoso

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Climate Change•Ecology•Ontario Nature•Stewardship and restoration

Catchacoma Lake © David Allan Barker CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

On November 2nd at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (known as COP26), over 100 world leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pledged to end and reverse deforestation by 2030. ...

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Working Together to Protect the Life-givers

November 11, 2021–Ontario Nature Staff

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Indigenous Relations•Ontario Nature

Farabout Peninsula, Eagle Lake/Migisi Sahgaigan © Anne Bell

In its final report, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada called on governments, educational and religious institutions, civil society groups and all Canadians to act on the 94 Calls ...

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Ten Reasons to Demand Immediate Protection for Endangered Black Ash

October 26, 2021–Anne Bell

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Conservation News•Indigenous Relations•Ontario Nature•Species at Risk•Wetlands

Black ash habitat © Eli Sagor CC BY-NC 2.0

In 2019 the Government of Ontario rammed through amendments to our Endangered Species Act (ESA), decimating protections for the province’s most imperiled plants and animals. Among the changes was a ...

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