Conservation: the natural solution to Canada’s challenges

Conservation saves us money, makes us money, helps preserve our wildlife, enhances healthy relationships with indigenous communities, keeps us safe from harm and gives us the life-sustaining clean water and air we need to survive. Makes it hard to imagine why it isn’t the centrepiece of the government’s agenda.
Migratory woodland caribou. Hundreds of species in Canada are endangered due to the loss of their habitat, including the boreal woodland caribou which need large intact forest areas to survive, writes Éric Hébert-Daly.
I’ve sometimes heard people say that nature conservation is simply a "nice to have." They claim that beautiful parks and protected areas are nice to visit and attractive to the eye, but only for those who like to paddle or camp. They don’t see conservation as a critical piece of both the environ...

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