The greatest tool in tackling climate change needs our help: nature

Canada’s corporations and individuals have a major role to play in forest conservation as governments cannot do it alone.

The giving trees: Canada is home to nine per cent of the planet’s forests. Consider the work that trees do every day to keep us safe and healthy: they continuously give, writes Catherine Grenier.Photograph courtesy of the Nature Conservancy of Canada

Opinion

BY CATHERINE GRENIER

September 27, 2021

Last week was National Forest Week, so let’s consider what our forests provide. The short answer is, much more than we realize. The roots of trees, from British Columbia’s hulking cedars to Prince Edward Island’s flaking black birches, reach out to us all, connecting Canadians to ea...

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