How Canada can make up ground on its global nature goals
Boreal Wildlands, ON (Photo by NCC)
In April, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) announced its largest-ever project to protect private land. Covering nearly 1,500 square kilometres of boreal forest and wetlands in northern Ontario, the Boreal Wildlands marks a monumental shift...
NCC reports back from the first day of the Convention on Biological Diversity summit
Dawn Carr with blooming forsythia in Geneva, Switzerland (Photo by NCC)
After a long and restless flight from Montreal, I arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, late Sunday morning in advance of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) summit prior to COP15. With luggage in hand and my brain and body full of excitement,...