biodiversity

As Earth grows warmer, its ground is becoming drier and saltier, with profound consequences for the planet’s 8 billion inhabitants — nearly a third of whom already live in places where water is increasingly scarce and the ability to raise crops and livestock is increasingly difficult.

A new report released Tuesday by the United Nations’ expert panel on biodiversity makes the case for a different approach based on addressing the “nexus” between two or more out of five essential issue areas: climate change, biodiversity, food, human health, and water.

A recent poll offers hope, showing Canadians are united in their desire to see nature protected. Nearly seven in 10 respondents say they are less likely to vote for a party whose platform lacks commitment to nature.

Plastic pollution is changing the processes of the entire Earth system, exacerbating climate change, biodiversity loss, ocean acidification, and the use of freshwater and land, according to scientific analysis.

Research shows that, instead of replanting rainforests, allowing them to bounce back naturally would store loads of carbon.

Despite good-faith efforts to engage the province of Ontario, they have yet to come to the table, saying our proposed National Marine Conservation Area is ‘federal jurisdiction.’ 

Global demand for forest biomass is surging, but the financial incentives offered to projects that burn wood for electricity are under fire on the international stage in Cali, Colombia.

Politicians have a historic opportunity to prove that they care more about the safety of communities and healthy ecosystems than political games. 

Ads for guns and tobacco are banned, so if we take biodiversity and the climate crisis seriously, shouldn’t we ban ads for other products that harm the environment?

If the U.S. adopted a national flexitarian diet, researchers say it would reduce the footprint of farmland across the country by roughly the size of South Dakota — freeing that land for efforts that improve carbon sequestration and biodiversity.

'Integrated' plans that capture carbon and restore biodiversity while also supporting the livelihoods of local communities are not only less harmful, says Dr. Trisha Gopalakrishna — they're also more likely to succeed.

Experts express concern that salvage logging has no ecological benefit, contradicts B.C.’s promise to prioritize ecosystem health over timber, and the process should be reconsidered. 

In Nova Scotia, much of the land is privately owned, which makes reaching tree-planting targets tougher. But a new program funded jointly by the province and Federal government is working with stakeholders to meet an ambitious 21-million tree target.

Investor-state dispute settlement courts have awarded more than US$100 billion of public money to corporations — largely in settlements arising from new green regulations and other public measures that impacted their fossil fuel, mining and other projects.

On Thursday, Canada’s Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault tabled the Nature Accountability bill in the House of Commons. The bill enshrines Canada’s nature and biodiversity commitments and provides steps, reporting requirements, and the information needed for course correction.