A chunk of Ontario’s northern boreal forest bigger than Toronto is set to be protected from industrial development.
The Nature Conservancy of Canada says it has acquired 814 square kilometres of boreal forest and peatlands south of Kapuskasing, previously owned by a company selling carbon offset credits.
The non-profit says where the landscape is healthy and free of vulnerable species, some day-use recreational activities such as hiking and paddling may continue, in line with provincial laws.
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The federal government says it’s contributing $13 million to the project as part of a total $64-million investment from both public and private donors.
The announcement comes ahead of next week’s annual United Nations biodiversity summit, where the talks are expected to focus on global progress toward conservation goals.
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Ottawa unveiled a new $3.8-billion nature protection strategy earlier this year intended to put Canada’s goals within reach, months after the federal environmental watchdog found it to be more than one-million square kilometres short of its 2025 goal to protect 25 per cent of its lands and inland water.
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Meanwhile, the rest of us would be in a lot of trouble if we spent well above our means.
Alberta out!!!
I do hope they do not fall into the trap that the federal parks got into. Preventing any logging, or fire burns created a buildup of combustibles and resulted in massive fires. Jasper wishes more companies would have logged the pine beetle killed pines before they went up like torches and took out part of the town, and several campgrounds.
Ecologists forget that regular culls are part of the natural lifecycle of the lands.