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December 20, 2023 The Indigenous leadership that generated international attention at last December’s COP15 Biodiversity Summit in Montreal continued to shine through 2023. The year brought challenges...
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In 2017, the ABMI publicly released the Biodiversity Browser (BB) on its website, as a kind of "encyclopedia of life" for Alberta species. The intent of the BB has been to broadly share ABMI data and...
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The Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA) was a leading multi-stakeholder group operating in the heart of Canada’s boreal forest - the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta...
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This spring, hot temperatures and tinder-dry conditions have resulted in rampant wildfires, causing devastating property damage and smoky conditions across Canada. While wildfire is an integral part...
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This February, attendees of the Canadian Land and Reclamation Association (CLRA) Alberta Chapter AGM and Conference will have the opportunity to hear first-hand about the diverse resources available...
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Peat extraction companies have learned a lot about how to restore these vital ecosystems. But slow growth, climate change, and complexity mean conservation is an important strategy as well. Over the...
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West Fraser Hinton paused its controversial clearcut logging plan in critical habitat of the threatened A La Peche caribou in west-central Alberta, following the province’s creation of a temporary “No...
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Ottawa will not resume negotiations with Quebec on species at risk until the strategy for protecting the habitat of woodland and mountain caribou is tabled. Federal Minister Steven Guilbeault...
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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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The Ontario government is investing up to $20 million into a new Caribou Conservation Stewardship Program, aimed at supporting projects working towards maintenance and recovery of caribou populations...
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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 and Human Wellbeing World Wetlands Day (WWD) marks the adoption of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, an international treaty that recognizes the importance of wetlands! This WWD will focus...
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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...