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Tag: Conservation Authorities

Near-urban Protected Areas in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Now Count Towards Canada’s Target

April 13, 2023–Jenna Kip

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Campaigns•Conservation News•Protected Places

Lambton Woods, Toronto © Matt Forsythe

Ontario Nature is thrilled to announce the success of ongoing efforts to recognize conservation lands in southern Ontario that can count towards Canada’s “30 by 30” protected areas target. Building ...

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Ontarians Won’t Be Ignored

January 25, 2023–Corina Brdar

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Advocacy•Campaigns

Global Climate Strike - Toronto, 9-27-2019 © Noah Cole

Snip, snip, snip. That’s how my supervisor, Anne Bell, described the recent tangle of legislation and policy proposals dumped on Ontarians in October and November of 2022. It was my ...

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Bad News for Wetlands: Proposed Gutting of the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System

November 24, 2022–Anne Bell

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Advocacy•Campaigns•Wetlands

Lynde Shores Conservation Area © Paul Howard CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

On October 25, 2022, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) posted a proposal to overhaul the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System (OWES). The deadline for public comment is November ...

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Bill 23 – What You Need to Know

November 10, 2022–Anne Bell

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Advocacy•Greenbelt and Greenway•Habitat•Land-use planning•Water•Wetlands

Green heron and midland painted turtle, Mud Lake, Britannia Conservation Area © Adam Mooz CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

On October 25th, the Government of Ontario tabled Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022, an omnibus bill proposing sweeping changes to the province’s natural heritage and land ...

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Conserving Nature and History: Who has the Authority for this Work? – Blog

November 20, 2020–Guest blogger

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Campaigns•Habitat

Burgess Park Oxbow

How does the destruction of precious habitat and the decimation of Ontario’s Conservation Authorities assist in our recovery from COVID-19? They don’t. Yet, in the omnibus budget measures bill (Bill ...

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