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Tag: sequestration

Assessing Carbon Storage for Conservation: Ontario Nature’s New Guide

October 17, 2022–Noah Cole

© Jenna Kip

From increasing protected areas to improving land management, carbon stock assessments can advance conservation. Join Ontario Nature’s Protected Places team as they discuss their latest publication, “A Beginner’s Guide on ...

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Carbon Assessment and Protected Places – A Community Science and Nature-Based Approach to Climate Change

October 6, 2022–Melissa Thomas

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Climate Change•Community Science•Environmental Education•Nature Reserves•Protected Places•Stewardship and restoration

Dundas Valley © Dieter Staudinger

Earlier this summer, community science volunteers joined us to assess carbon at select Ontario Nature properties. This year, we have been working towards assessing the value of protected areas and ...

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Evaluating Carbon Storage in Forest Stewardship Council Designated Conservation Lands 

April 22, 2022–Graeme Smith

Categories

Boreal Forest•Climate Change•Ecology

White River wetlands © What-A-Ride CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

There is an urgent need for solutions to climate change, as temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report warns that ...

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Protecting Peatlands Protects our Planet

December 15, 2021–Jenna Cardoso

Categories

Climate Change•Ecology•Indigenous Relations•Protected Places•Stewardship and restoration•Wetlands

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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Part II: The Case for Nature-based Solutions to Climate Change

October 14, 2021–Jenna Cardoso

Categories

Climate Change•Environmental Education•Ontario Nature•Stewardship and restoration

Waterspouts, Lake Erie © Mark K CC BY-SA 2.0

This blog is the second in our a series about nature-based solutions to climate change. Canada is warming twice as fast as the global rate, causing profound changes to our climate, health ...

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