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Category: Protected Places

Protecting Peatlands Protects our Planet

December 15, 2021–Jenna Cardoso

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Climate Change•Indigenous Relations•Protected Places•Stewardship and restoration•Wetlands•Wild Species

James Bay peatlands © Ray Ford

Ontario’s peatlands store the most carbon in the country – more than all the other natural ecosystems in Ontario combined – making these terrestrial wetland ecosystems an essential nature-based climate ...

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Protecting Roadless Areas: Our Best Shot at Maintaining Ecological Integrity

September 24, 2021–Guest blogger

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Habitat•Protected Places•Stewardship and restoration•Wild Species

Lake and forest near Catchacoma © AFER

Driving along a rural road in central Ontario, it’s easy to feel immersed in the forests of the Canadian Shield. Surrounded by tall pines, one could forget that you’re on ...

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Coming to know Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas

July 9, 2021–Heléna Mauti

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Indigenous Relations•Protected Places

Farabout Peninsula, Eagle Lake/Migisi Sahgaigan © Anne Bell

Across Turtle Island (what is currently known as North America), Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) are rightfully being recognized as a solution to climate change and biodiversity loss, while ...

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Making our Nature Reserves Count

June 4, 2021–Smera Sukumar (On maternity leave)

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Nature Reserves•Protected Places•Stewardship and restoration

Grey-headed cone flowers, Sydenham River Nature Reserve © Ryan Wolfe

Breaking news: all 26 Ontario Nature nature reserves are now included in the Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database! We are proud to announce that our properties totaling 3,117 hectares ...

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People Want More Special Places Protected in Ontario

May 13, 2021–Ontario Nature Staff

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Protected Places

© Sunset Country

On April 1st, the Government of Ontario announced it would establish a working group to identify opportunities to protect and conserve more natural areas that would “enhance the province’s natural ...

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