biodiversity

In Washington state, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s new preservation facility offers a backup plan for an uncertain future.

30x30 has been pitched as a key tool in the climate fight. Indigenous Peoples say it threatens their lives.

More than 100 local residents packed the Old Town Hall in Newmarket, Ont., Thursday night to rally against the Ontario government’s plan to build houses on a nearby part of the protected Greenbelt. 

New legislation to protect Canada's biodiversity can ensure greater accountability for achieving federal commitments through transparent and independent annual reporting, writes Shane Moffatt of Greenpeace Canada.

A national biodiversity group says Canada needs to keep genetically engineered animals out of the wild, after the federal government recently rejected several attempts to strengthen its existing laws.

For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas - representing a turning point for vast stretches of the planet where conservation has previously been hampered by a confusing patchwork of laws.

Praise poured in from Canadian environmental groups on Sunday, March 5, 2023, for a newly signed treaty that will help protect biodiversity in the high seas, where conservation efforts across vast stretches of the planet have historically been hampered by a confusing patchwork of laws.

Alberta's United Conservative Party government has moved on a proposal to split wildlife management responsibilities in the province, creating a new department of hunting and fishing in the Forestry, Parks and Tourism Ministry.

Collecting, studying, and storing the carcasses from wind and solar facilities, scientists say, can unlock new insights.

With the prospect of a sixth consecutive failed rainy season in the east and Horn of Africa, Kenya's president is hoping the heavens will finally open with the help of a national day of mass prayer on Tuesday.

Insect declines mean reduced yields of healthy foods like fruit and vegetables and increased disease in people, study finds.

The mottled bright green leaves of a pothos plant stood out against the flashy expanse of electric vehicles and smart products at the CES tech show in Las Vegas this year. This particular version of the familiar houseplant was bioengineered to remove 30 times the amount of indoor air pollutants of a typical house plant, according to Neoplants, the Paris-based company that created it.

Two-thirds of Antarctica’s native species, including emperor penguins, are under threat of extinction or major population declines by 2100 under current trajectories of global heating, according to new research that outlines priorities for protecting the continent’s biodiversity.

Today, progress is being made, with over a dozen climate crisis courses now offered at major universities in Ontario. But none of those are mandatory courses for all undergraduate students, regardless of their discipline. 

Replacing meat and dairy with plants can almost halve your environmental footprint and leave more money in your wallet. That's important when prices are on the rise: food costs grew more than 10 per cent in August, September and October of this year.