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Six Priorities for Improving the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan

February 24, 2021–Anne Bell

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Indigenous Relations•Land-use planning•Stewardship and restoration•Water•Wetlands

Lake Simcoe © Nico CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

The Lake Simcoe Protection Plan is now up for its required 10-year review. The question is whether the provincial government will take this opportunity to strengthen or weaken the plan ...

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Where Industrial Logging Protects Wildlife, Workers and Indigenous Rights

January 27, 2021–Julee Boan

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Boreal Forest•Campaigns and advocacy•Habitat•Indigenous Relations•Protected Places•Stewardship and restoration•Wild Species

Canoes in Wolf Lake © Ryan Mariotti

It’s October 2017. I’m in Vancouver, British Colombia for Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) International’s General Assembly (GA). One forester colleague had warned me to get lots of sleep, drink water ...

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Protected Areas: Picking Up the Pace Post-2020

January 21, 2021–Anne Bell

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Protected Places

Wabakimi Provincial Park © Kieran McMullen

Since 2010, protected areas advocates have focused on the United Nations target of protecting at least 17 percent of our lands and inland waters, and 10 percent of our marine ...

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COVID-19 Showed Us That We Care About Toilet Paper – A Lot – But Does it Need to Come Directly From Wildlife Habitat?

September 8, 2020–Julee Boan

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Boreal Forest•Community Science•Habitat•Land-use planning

Bobcat © Chase Dekker CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

When the federal and provincial governments started to announce pandemic-related shutdowns in March, the first things that crossed my mind were the safety of my aging parents, and whether I could keep my job, work from ...

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The Growth (at all costs) Plan

July 9, 2020–Anne Bell

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Greenbelt and Greenway•Habitat•Land-use planning

Toronto area housing © Yoko Chiyoko CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

The Government of Ontario is set to amend yet again the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, one of the fastest growing regions in North America and home to ...

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