B.C. rejects open-pit mine in caribou habitat. Is this a shift for endangered species?
The rejection of the Sukunka coal mine over impacts to the dwindling Quintette herd has...
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Canada made big promises to save nature at COP15. Will it follow through?
196 countries set new global targets to stop the biodiversity crisis. The test now is...
Indigenous guardians connected by new national network in Canada — the first of its kind in the world
The First Nations Guardians Network will streamline funding and capacity-building opportunities for guardians — the...
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...
‘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...
