Ontario’s Bill 60: The hidden cost of “building faster”
How Ontario’s repeal of green-infrastructure standards undermines the climate-ready, adaptive, and biodiverse communities we actually need. ...
Biodiversity Action Agenda
Learning and Listening: Creating a path to reconciliation and biodiversity recovery
Today, September 30, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour the survivors of residential schools and remember the children who never returned home. This day calls us to reflect, to learn, to listen, and to take action — socially, politically, and environmentally....
Connecting Canada’s Landscapes: Connectivity identified as Key to Biodiversity Recovery
In February 2019, we introduced our Biodiversity Action Agenda, developed from insights gathered during a four-part national conversation series on biodiversity conservation. A key theme that emerged from these discussions was the critical role of landscape connectivity....
Biodiversity Conservation: A Call to Action for Canadian Decision-Makers – Revisiting our Biodiversity Action Agenda
Back in February 2019, we launched our Biodiversity Action Agenda, which captured the collective insights of a four-part national conversation series on biodiversity conservation. The agenda set out a bold pathway for protecting biodiversity outlining recommendations in regard to strategies and plans, public engagement, policy, and political leadership. ...
Is It a Polar Bear? Think Again! Meet the Spirit Bear, Canada’s elusive white Kermode bear
Canada is home to an incredible diversity of wildlife, but few creatures capture the imagination like the Spirit Bear. Unique to Canada, this rare bear often surprises people and reminds us that much of the country’s biodiversity remains unnoticed. Protecting these remarkable species starts with simply knowing they exist....
Turning the 30×30 Target into Action: Will Canada Deliver on the Global Biodiversity Goals?
Canada has committed to protecting 30% of the world's land and waters by 2030, marking a milestone in conservation and an unprecedented pledge to biodiversity recovery. Achieving these goals relies on national coordination, systemic transformation, collaboration and innovation, and realization for the value of the environment in decision-making. ...
Ontario’s Attack on Biodiversity
Ford’s government is quietly advancing Bill 5, legislation that would repeal Ontario’s nearly 20-year-old Endangered Species Act. If passed, the bill would roll back decades of conservation progress, placing countless vulnerable species at greater risk and further undermining Canada’s already faltering biodiversity commitments. ...
How to Garden for Biodiversity this Spring
Easy and impactful ways to create a habitat garden this spring with simple tips like leaving plant litter, letting logs lie, and embracing native plants, to boost biodiversity. ...
Declining insect populations in Canada and the U.S
A new study finds that butterfly populations have declined 22% between 2000 and 2020. These numbers act as a key indicator of the current state and health of our global ecosystems....
The Road of Caribou Decline in B.C.
The development of the Anahim Connector in British Columbia poses a significant threat to the already declining woodland caribou populations by fragmenting their critical habitat. Provincial conservation initiatives have failed to reverse the decline, highlighting the urgent need for evidence-based landscape connectivity design solutions....
World Wildlife Week 2025
This year’s theme, Wildlife Conservation Finance, highlights the critical need for resources and funding, emphasizing the importance of aligning financial support with biodiversity preservation efforts and education....
Tahlequah’s Legacy
J-pod's recent arrival of a female orca calf offers a glimmer of hope for the endangered Southern Resident orca whale community, which faces dire challenges. This birth underscores the urgent need for climate action and biodiversity conservation to protect this species and their habitat....