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Ontario’s New Provincial Planning Statement: A Step Backward for Sustainable Growth

October 29, 2024–Jenna Kip

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Conservation News•Campaigns and advocacy•Land-use planning

Central Ontario sprawl

On October 20, 2024, Ontario’s new Provincial Planning Statement (PPS) officially came into effect. This overhaul of the province’s land use planning framework merges the former PPS (2020) with the ...

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

April 13, 2023–Jenna Kip

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Conservation News•Campaigns and advocacy•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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Near-Urban Nature and Canada’s Protected Areas Targets

August 11, 2022–Zachary Pothier

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Conservation News•Conservation Authorities•Greenbelt and Greenway•Protected Places

Laurel Creek Conservation Area © Carl Hiebert / Grand River Conservation Authority

In southern Ontario, municipalities and Conservation Authorities (CAs) play an essential role in conserving natural areas and greenspace, vital in conserving biodiversity and enhancing climate change resilience. Largely unrecognized, however, ...

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Confessions of a ‘Morainiac’: Protecting water Resources Across the Greater Golden Horseshoe

March 1, 2018–Debbe Crandall

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Greenbelt and Greenway•Habitat•Water

Oak Ridges Moraine © Isabel Veldhuis care of EcoSpark

I confess to being a morainiac, so I am thrilled that moraines are one of the “building blocks” for the Government of Ontario’s proposed Greenbelt expansion. This is very good ...

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On World Wetlands Day, Help Protect Ontario’s Wetlands

February 18, 2018–Anne Bell

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Habitat•Water•Wetlands

Minesing Wetland © Richard Longley, Architectural Conservancy of Canada

On World Wetlands Day taking action to protect wetlands is literally at your fingertips. Wetlands are one of the building blocks of Ontario’s proposed Greenbelt expansion and public consultations are ...

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