B.C.’s forestry laws protect industry over people
The province is in a biodiversity crisis with over 1,800 at-risk species.
biodiversity loss
B.C. approved less than half of proposed old-growth deferrals, leaked document shows
A report from the B.C. branch of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says a leaked map suggests the province has approved a pause for logging in less than half of the old-growth forests identified as being at risk of permanent biodiversity loss.
What if everyone woke up tomorrow and just stopped eating meat?
Our carnivorous cravings — particularly in industrialized, beef-guzzling countries — are one reason the planet is warming as fast as it is.
Clear-cut case of oversight
Ecologists allege Manitoba puts forestry industry before biodiversity by allowing logging in Duck Mountain Provincial Park.
Svalbard’s mysterious ‘doomsday’ seed vault offers a virtual peek inside
Buried in Arctic permafrost, the collection safeguards the world’s crop species — and is a magnet for conspiracy theories. Now, the public can take a look around.
We can't protect nature without Indigenous people, leaders at COP15 say
Efforts to protect nature at COP15 will fail without Indigenous people, leaders say
With the planet in peril, Canada must get serious about protecting nature
We need a watershed moment, one that galvanizes global action to protect nature, write Sandra Schwartz and Shawn McCarthy.
Guilbeault drums up South American support ahead of Montreal biodiversity conference
Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault visited South America to rally support for biodiversity and nature conservation ahead of a critical United Nations conference being held in Montreal.
Understanding B.C.'s old-growth logging deferrals
A process is underway in British Columbia to temporarily defer logging in priority old-growth forests, allowing time for the government to work with First Nations to decide how they should be managed in the long term.
What really happened at Geneva’s critical biodiversity negotiations?
Talks ahead of the key COP15 summit on halting mass extinction of life were slow — and much has been asked of the developing world.
Indigenous guardians vital to Canada’s conservation goals, environment minister says
It’s clear Canada has much to learn from Indigenous Peoples when it comes to conservation and stewardship, said Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, hours after announcing $600,000 in funding on Thursday for 10 new First Nations Guardians initiatives.
Disinformation jeopardizing climate change fight
Royal Swedish Academy of Science report says steps to address climate change will be hard to enforce if they continue to suffer targeted attacks in social media
Did climate change destroy the aliens?
Italian physicist Enrico Fermi had a knack for back-of-the-envelope calculations. In a famous lunch-time conversation in 1950, Fermi used his knowledge of astronomy and probability to highlight a problem: If intelligent life exists elsewhere in the galaxy and if long-distance space travel is achievable, then Earth should have been visited by aliens by now.