Canada needs to step up support for international tropical conservation

The tropics are key to regulating climate, supplying and filtering water, and providing pollinators for the world’s food crops.

Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is pictured in a pre-pandemic media scrum on Jan. 28. Ottawa’s lopsided focus on protecting nature within Canada while offering little support for it elsewhere ignores a vital truth: conservation is needed most where the variety of life is richest, where it’s at greatest risk, and where it’s most likely to unleash existential threats to humanity, writes ICF's Molly Bartlett. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MOLLY BARTLETT

September 23, 2020

Canada is a global cheapskate when it comes to supporting the world’s most threatened and biologically rich tropical ecosystems—despite the risks to food, water, climate, and health when these ecosystems are destroyed. This week, our organization,...

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