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The Ontario government recently committed $29 million over four years to support boreal caribou habitat restoration, protection, and monitoring. The funding is intended to complement the recently...
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In Jasper National Park, caribou and their habitat are protected under Canada’s National Parks Act and Species at Risk Act. Seasonal closures and access restrictions are just one way that Parks Canada...
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Although peatlands cover only 3% of the world's land, they store about twice as much carbon as in the biomass of all the world's forests combined. Thus, they are incredibly important especially for...
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In the boreal biome of North America, large wildfires usually leave behind residual patches of unburned vegetation, termed refugia, which can strongly affect post-fire ecosystem processes. While...
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This spring, the Commission indépendante sur les caribous forestiers et montagnards will launch a series of regional public hearings to gather participants’ opinions on two theoretical adapted...
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Results of caribou population inventories carried out in 2021 and 2022 in the Gaspé, Nord-du-Québec and Côte-Nord regions of Quebec demonstrate an estimated average annual population decrease of 11%...
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The governments of Canada and Quebec are reporting significant progress in discussions surrounding the management, protection and recovery of boreal caribou. With financial support from the federal...
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OTTAWA — The largest private land conservation project in Canadian history is unfolding in northern Ontario. The Nature Conservancy of Canada spent the last year negotiating the purchase of 1,450...
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The Water Brothers, a Canadian, eco-adventure TV series is exploring our vital connection with water and examining the wetlands of Ontario. The Breathing Lands highlights the peatlands of northern...
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Wetlands provide irreplaceable ecosystem services and are particularly important for water quality. Wetlands can act as nutrient sinks for common nutrients such as phosphorus. As water moves across...
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Each year on February 2nd World Wetlands Day is celebrated globally to bring awareness to the importance of wetlands and highlight the many ways they benefit the planet. First established in 1997, the...
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The host of Your Forest Podcast Matthew Kristoff, invited Ducks Unlimited Canada’s National Boreal Program on January 13, 2020 in Edmonton to discuss everything there is to know about wetlands, the...