The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 If Canada wants to be an international biodiversity leader, it has to start at home https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-canada-nature-accountability-act/ Fri, 12 Jul 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=112669 The new Nature Accountability Act is an important step in protecting nature and biodiversity, but it needs to make conservation targets law, with repercussions if those laws are broken Stephen Hazell and Rodrigo Estrada Patiño Opinion biodiversity environmental law federal politics Photo: Ryan Dickie / The Narwhal A female caribou stares at the camera while her calf lies among the brush Canada has biodiversity targets. Now it needs accountability https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-biodiversity-aichi-targets/ Thu, 14 Oct 2021 13:17:48 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=36596 As the UN Convention on Biological Diversity creates new targets, the federal government must take action or risk another dismal report card David Geselbracht and Stephen Hazell Opinion biodiversity federal politics Photo: Louis Bockner / The Narwhal a boat on a lake with a tree in the foreground