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...
by Brian | Jul 10, 2020 | Canadian Geographic, Climate
When it comes to fighting climate change, habitats themselves can be critical allies THE 2019 FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN might have been the first time that many Canadians heard the term “natural climate solutions.” It came in a pledge by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
by Brian | May 15, 2019 | Canadian Geographic, Conservation, Environment
How the SPRUCE project is helping assess — and plan — what the future holds for the world’s boreal forests “THERE IS SIMPLY NOTHING else like this in the world.” Danielle Way, a plant biologist and associate professor at Western University in London, Ont., could be...
by Brian | Mar 20, 2019 | Canadian Geographic, Environment
Aili Keskitalo, president of the Sámi Parliament of Norway, speaking at Arctic Frontiers: “It’s true that Indigenous voices are not heard by decision makers. That can be fixed. By making us the decision makers.” The uncertainty and change that’s disrupting the...
by Brian | Feb 28, 2018 | Canadian Geographic, Geography, Travel, Development, People
How does a Canadian wind up wandering an ancient tea-trading route through the Himalayas? An interview with ‘Tea Explorer’ Jeff Fuchs about his documentary film and his ongoing journey to unlock the secrets of the leaf JEFF FUCHS’ EYES sparkle as he...
