Canada bans deep-sea mining, oil and gas drilling in marine protected areas
The decision, which also prevents waste dumping and bottom trawling, helps inch Canada closer to...
Canada is home to some of the largest and most intact wilderness in the world, yet only a very small proportion of those areas are legally protected areas. Canada recently signed on to a target to protect 17 per cent of land and 10 per cent of oceans by 2020, but hasn’t met that goal yet.
What land is protected and what isn’t has significant implications for natural resource industries, species at risk, the protection of water and the recognition of Indigenous rights and title.
The decision, which also prevents waste dumping and bottom trawling, helps inch Canada closer to...
From oilsands emissions to efficiency programs to Bighorn, major policies and promises that are critical...
The newly established Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland Provincial Park will help buffer Canada’s endangered Wood Buffalo...
Australia has reached its international conservation commitments through Indigenous Protected Areas, creating 3,000 jobs in...
It’s a project the vast majority of Albertans support, yet misinformation has spread about the...
To meet one of its most critical conservation targets by 2020, Canada must protect a...
The 14,000 square kilometres of rugged boreal forest and sprawling wetlands in the Northwest Territories...
Investigation reveals publicly funded Parks Canada staff and scientists are still not free to speak...
Plant life in the tundra may be moving slowly, but for some species it’s a...
As scientists at the forefront of endangered species research, we are concerned that government backpedaling on endangered species legislation will be a major setback for...
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