habitat

Clyde River Inuit fight to protect territory and livelihoods from Big Oil

David Suzuki — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 22:31:25 +0000

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The Arctic's Baffin Bay and Davis Strait region is home to seals, bowhead whales, polar bears and up to 90 per cent of the world's narwhals. The area's marine waters also provide habitat for 116 species of fish, such as Arctic char, an important dietary staple for Nunavut's Inuit communities.

Industrial damage threatens Blueberry River's way of life

David Suzuki — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 22:45:22 +0000

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Got milkweed? Monarchs still need your help

David Suzuki — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 22:27:25 +0000

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Three years ago, the eastern monarch butterfly population plummeted to 35 million, a drop of more than 95 per cent since the 1990s. More than a billion milkweed plants, which monarchs depend on for survival, had been lost throughout the butterfly's migratory range -- from overwintering sites in Mexico to summer habitat in Canada.

Ancient old growth in Central Walbran faces new logging threat

redeye — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 01:14:06 +0000

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Teal Jones holds the tree farm licence for thousands of acres of Vancouver Island. Yet they just decided to log one of the last remaining pockets of ancient forest surrounding the centuries-old Castle Grove. Torrance Coste is with the Wilderness Committee. He speaks with Redeye host Lorraine Chisholm.

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It's time to end the grisly trophy hunt

David Suzuki — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 22:18:46 +0000

Watching grizzly bears catch and eat salmon as they swim upstream to spawn is an unforgettable experience. Many people love to view the wild drama. Some record it with photos or video. But a few want to kill the iconic animals -- not to eat, just to put their heads on a wall or coats on a floor.

World Oceans Day: The ins and outs of oceans

David Suzuki — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 23:34:19 +0000

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June 8 is World Oceans Day. It’s a fitting time to contemplate humanity's evolving relationship with the source of all life. For much of human history, we've affected marine ecosystems primarily by what we've taken out of the seas. The challenge as we encounter warming temperatures and increasing industrial activity will be to manage what we put into them.

Wildlife win in court, lose on the ground

David Suzuki — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:07:50 +0000

Of 345 species at risk in Canada, more than 160 have waited far too long for recovery strategies. Thanks to a recent federal court decision, four luckier ones are finally getting overdue plans detailing steps needed to save and protect them, including identifying habitat they need to survive. But to make it happen, environmental groups including the David Suzuki Foundation, with the help of Ecojustice lawyers, had to take the federal government to court. It wasn’t the first time we’ve gone to court to protect wildlife.

Beaver Lake Cree case reveals flaws in environmental review process

David Suzuki — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 22:15:32 +0000

In the 1980s, oil companies looked to the Arctic and made plans to drill in ecologically sensitive areas like Lancaster Sound. The sound is icebound for much of the year, but during its brief summer months, it offers near-constant sunlight, providing habitat for birds, fish and mammals to flourish. Fossil fuel exploration and development would threaten that entire web of life.

Ontario's wildlife needs continued protection

David Suzuki — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:43:27 +0000

In the early 1970s, a significant shift occurred in the relationship between North Americans and the world we live in. People started to recognize that nature’s bounty isn’t bottomless and that human activities often strain the Earth’s limits. Across Canada and the U.S., faced with society’s perpetual penchant for economic growth as an end unto itself, many people started to advocate for protecting nature lest it be irreparably broken by our actions.

Private hydro operations in B.C. killing fish

redeye — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:24:41 +0000

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A Freedom of Information request filed by the Wilderness Committee has found more than 700 violations of the regulations that protect fish habitat. The non-compliance by private run-of-the-river operators is compounded by a lack of local oversight. Gwen Barlee is policy director with the Wilderness Committee. She speaks with Redeye host Lorraine Chisholm.

Marketplace campaign brings wilderness destruction out of the woods

jrose — Fri, 21 May 2010 20:50:21 +0000

Friday, May 21, 2010

Get out your hiking hat - I've got really big news. And, bonus, it's covered in trees and lakes and verdant blankets of 100-year-old mosses.

An unlikely alliance of Canada's forest industry CEOs and nine of the country's most impressive and aggressive wilderness NGOs has just signed an agreement covering a 70-million hectare swath of ancient woodland running all the way from British Columbia to Newfoundland.

In that vast territory, the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement identifies close to 29 million hectares (bigger than France) of precious habitat where all road-building and logging will cease immediately and for the next three years until a detailed caribou habitat protection plan is in place.

An unlikely alliance of Canada's forest industry CEOs and nine of the country's most impressive wilderness NGOs has just signed an agreement covering a 70-million hectare swath of ancient forests.

Nunavut is partly to blame for Bathurst Caribou Ban

lauracbowman — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:54:31 +0000

In the NWT where the Dene are now facing a hunting ban on the Bathurst Caribou herd there has been much talk about who has the authority to ban hunting between hunters and wildlife managers. In Nunavut, Inuit have seen dramatic herd declines in North Baffin and in the Thelon region as well.

There can be no doubt that wildlife conservation measures strike at the very heart of indigenous rights. The history of wildlife conservation in Canada is a sordid one. Some of Canada's first wildlife conservation measures were developed by a racist judge, Judge Prince in Ontario in the late 19th Century, specifically to prevent aboriginal harvesting.