Trudeau’s conservation promises met with questions about how Canada defines protected areas
The prime minister says some resource extraction could still be allowed in conserved areas as...
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‘We have to be ambitious’: Canada’s lead biodiversity negotiator on what’s needed at COP15
As the number of plants and animals declines faster than at any other point in...
Governments are subsidizing the destruction of nature even as they promise to protect it
Amid a biodiversity crisis, 196 countries are hashing out a new agreement to save nature....
More than 5,000 wild species are at some risk of extinction in Canada
The most comprehensive assessment yet of wild species in Canada shows a pressing need for...
Canada is hosting the largest biodiversity conference in the world. Here’s what’s at stake
Thousands of people are converging on Montreal for the United Nations’ biodiversity conference, the world’s...
‘Huge legal gaps’ are driving B.C. species to extinction, conservation groups say
The B.C. NDP campaigned on protecting species at risk. Years later, the province still doesn’t...
Teck Resources, B.C. government pressed Ottawa to resist investigation into coal mine pollution
For a decade Ktunaxa Nation has been calling for a Canada-U.S. body to investigate coal...
B.C. has killed 5,632 black bears since 2011: ‘there’s no sign that it’s getting better’
Conservation officers kill hundreds of black bears in B.C. each year. Experts say there are...
How do you prevent urban flooding? This Vancouver neighbourhood’s ‘rainway’ could be a model
A new project in Vancouver aims to combat climate change and prevent flooding in the...
