It’s not too late to make Canada a world biodiversity champion with conservation finance

Through the design of innovative financial instruments blending public and private actors, natural habitats can be funded in a way that accommodates both the ecological and economic needs of a specific region.

If Canada chose to invest today in nature-based climate solutions, such as restoring wetlands or building ecosystem corridors, the country could become one of the most resilient economies and societies on the planet when the biodiversity crisis hits in the next decade, writes Diane-Laure Arjaliès.Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Opinion

BY DIANE-LAURE ARJALIèS

December 9, 2020

If you believe COVID-19 was a costly calamity and climate change a global disaster, just wait for the biodiversity crisis set to be in full motion 10 to 15 years from now. We are actually entering the sixth period of mass extinction since the Earth was formed. Between 1970 and 2016, more than 68 per...

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