Boreal Wildlands project a model for combatting biodiversity loss and climate change

When complete, Boreal Wildlands will protect 1,450 square kilometres of boreal forest near Hearst in northern Ontario.

Boreal Wildland’s forests and deep peatlands store carbon equivalent to the average lifetime emissions of three million cars, writes Catherine Grenier.Photograph courtesy of the Nature Conservancy of Canada

Opinion

BY CATHERINE GRENIER

April 22, 2022

The Nature Conservancy of Canada has just announced plans for the largest private land conservation project in Canada’s history. When complete, Boreal Wildlands will protect 1,450 square kilometres of boreal forest near Hearst in northern Ontario. The project will encompass an area twice the size ...

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