by Brian | Feb 1, 2023 | Canadian Geographic, Conservation
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault made big commitments at the international biodiversity conference held in Montreal in December. What does that mean on the ground? Montreal was mostly grey and dry when attendees of COP15, the Conference of the...
by Brian | Nov 1, 2022 | Canadian Geographic, Geography, Travel, Development
Connecting protected areas allows wildlife to roam, and is a vital part of the conservation conversation When it comes to preserving biodiversity through the creation of protected areas of vital habitat, size matters. But so, too, does connectivity. The reason is...
by Brian | Nov 15, 2021 | Canadian Geographic, Conservation
In the summer of 2021, an ambitious wildlife crossing system broke ground in B.C. on a deadly stretch of highway just west of the Alberta border. Here’s how it happened CLAYTON LAMB DOESN’T KNOW exactly how “Fran” died. A wildlife scientist, he’s seen grizzly...
by Brian | Jun 3, 2021 | Canadian Geographic, Climate
How natural solutions could mitigate 78 megatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 IN 2019, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT committed to invest $3 billion in natural climate solutions to cut greenhouse gas emissions as part of its fight against climate change. Those...
by Brian | Nov 10, 2020 | Canadian Geographic, Climate
Protecting and restoring Canada’s forests and wetlands may be our best long-term chance for CO2 sequestration THE 485-MILLION-HECTARE BOREAL ZONE, stretching from Yukon to Newfoundland and Labrador, contains 25 per cent of the world’s remaining intact forest. It also...
by Brian | Sep 10, 2020 | Canadian Geographic, Climate
How grasslands protection and conservation agriculture can work as front-line defences against climate change THE SWEEPING VISTAS of the Govenlock-Nashlyn-Battle Creek grasslands in southwest Saskatchewan have been long recognized as a haven for prairie plants and...
