Stopping habitat loss is key to saving Canada’s endangered species

Solving climate change won’t protect species if, in our race to reduce carbon emissions, their habitat disappears.

Threats to the evening grosbeak, pictured, include loss of mature and old-growth forests. It was designated of special concern by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY DAN KRAUS

November 16, 2020

Canada has been losing and saving species for a long time. Since European settlement, over 100 species have been lost here. These include plants and animals that are

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