Could an Indigenous conservation area in Hudson Bay also be the key to saving carbon-rich peatlands?
The Mushkegowuk Council has been pushing to protect the area in northern Ontario — a...
What do wetlands, forests, grasslands, farmlands all have in common? They all have the potential to store tremendous amounts of carbon.
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in 2017 found these so-called nature-based climate solutions could provide more than one-third of the emissions reductions needed to stabilize global temperature increases below 2 C by 2030 under the Paris Accord.
For countries with vast landscapes, the idea of these nature-based climate solutions created quite the buzz.
Those findings also thrust Canada — home to 25 per cent of Earth’s wetlands and boreal forests, as well as endangered prairie grasslands and the world’s longest coastline — into playing a vital role in the global fight against climate change.
This series looking at the role of Canada’s natural landscapes in the fight against climate change is funded by Metcalf Foundation. As per The Narwhal’s editorial independence policy, the foundation has no editorial input.
The Mushkegowuk Council has been pushing to protect the area in northern Ontario — a...
Canada is home to a vast amount of carbon-rich ecosystems. Protecting them is crucial to...
The nation is proposing the first Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area in the province to...
Canada has a huge role to play in the global fight against the climate emergency...
It may be lesser known than the poster-child Great Bear Rainforest, but the humble Cheakamus...
Funds to conserve and restore wetlands and grasslands may provide some relief for Canadian farmers...
Study published in Science Advances finds protecting and restoring natural ecosystems, such as wetlands, forests...
Ottawa pegs $270 million for ‘agricultural climate solutions’ to help farmers protect wetlands and adopt...
Panelists across the country shared success stories during The Narwhal’s online event on the role...
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