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Navigating the Forest – How Sustainable Forestry Certifications Compare

April 2, 2025–Ontario Nature Staff

Boreal Forest•Habitat•Indigenous Relations•Land-use planning•Reduce Your Footprint

Wabigoon Forest (FSC), Nabish Wetlands © Brittney Vezina

As public concern over the climate and biodiversity crises grows, so too does public demand for more environmentally friendly products. Often products that companies claim to be environmentally friendly come ...

New Hope for a Small but Mighty Minnow in the GTA?

March 28, 2025–Shane Moffatt

Campaigns and advocacy•Habitat•Reduce Your Footprint•Water•Wild Species

Redside dace © rkluzco, iNaturalist CC BY-NC 4.0

The federal government has just announced a crucial habitat protection order for the redside dace, a mighty minnow fighting for survival in and around the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Under ...

Sustainable Building Design Can Stop Millions of Birds Deaths

March 18, 2025–Brendon Samuels

Birds•Reduce Your Footprint•Wild Species

Markers on glass act like a stop sign to let birds know where it isn’t safe to fly © Brendon Samuels

As many as 42 million birds are killed in Canada each year by colliding with glass on buildings. Birds do not understand reflections and fail to detect glass that appears ...

There’s Something in the Water: Animals Face the Opioid Crisis

February 13, 2025–Ella Miller

Conservation News•Reduce Your Footprint•Water

It is hard to look away from the tragedy the opioid crisis has wreaked on human lives in Canada. The Government of Canada estimates that 21 people will die every ...

How to Keep Rodenticides Out of the Environment

January 31, 2025–Carly Davenport

Conservation News•Birds•Reduce Your Footprint•Wild Species

The lethal impact of toxic rodenticides reaches far beyond their intended target: rodents. Like other pesticides, scientists are uncovering just how ubiquitous rodenticides are in the environment. The sight of ...

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Navigating the Forest – How Sustainable Forestry Certifications Compare

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Sustainable Building Design Can Stop Millions of Birds Deaths

There’s Something in the Water: Animals Face the Opioid Crisis

How to Keep Rodenticides Out of the Environment

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