biodiversity

• Don’t pull dandelions yet: expert tips for environmentally-friendly spring yard care

  "This time of year, dandelions can actually be quite important for our pollinators, because there's not a lot of other flowers that are blooming."

  Environment

  May 10
• Nature Conservancy of Canada asking residents to participate in No Mow May

  The Nature Conservancy of Canada is asking residents to do their part to help biodiversity and hold off on mowing their lawn for the month of May.

  Environment

  May 9
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• Action plan seeks to protect Hamilton’s biodiversity

  Ward 9 Coun. Brad Clark adds that having a biodiversity plan as residential development leads to new subdivisions is a "prudent course of action."

  Environment

  Apr 8
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• Nova Scotia Liberals alter tabled biodiversity bill by reducing enforcement powers

  The changes remove biodiversity emergency orders, offences and fines from the act, and limit the bill's scope to Crown lands, unless permission is given on private lands.

  Environment

  Mar 23
• Nova Scotia tables revised biodiversity bill, modifications to Crown Lands Act

  Lands and Forestry Minister Chuck Porter said today the new bill would give the province more tools to manage threats such as invasive species and ecosystem loss.

  Environment

  Mar 11
• Longueuil deer cull triggers protest

  This week, Longueuil announced it would kill 17 deer because the overpopulation is damaging the park's biodiversity.

  Environment

  Nov 14, 2020
• Canada joins Britain, EU in plan to stem ‘catastrophic’ biodiversity loss by 2030

  With the twin crises of climate change and wildlife loss accelerating, leaders are trying to build momentum ahead of a UN meeting in China in May.

  Environment

  Sep 28, 2020
• Sustainability thrives at tackling environmental crises, post pandemic

  There is a way forward, but UBC's Kai Chain says we must address several inconvenient truths.

  Commentary

  Aug 1, 2020
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• Climate change could open new land for farming in Canada — but comes at a price

  The report doesn't account for how much land climate change could make unfarmable.

  Canada

  Feb 12, 2020
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• Climate change, overfishing affecting penguins: report

  A paper co-authored by a University of Saskatchewan professor found finds that chinstrap penguin populations have declined because their food source is decreasing.

  Environment

  Dec 5, 2019