Nature networks in urban areas can play key role in federal plan to preserve biodiversity

Ignoring these areas will not only result in lost habitat for hundreds of species, but also compromise our own survival by destroying the ecosystems that sustain life where 80 per cent of the population lives.
The federal government has demonstrated its desire to take leadership to halt and reverse biodiversity loss and respond to climate change with a goal of protecting 25 per cent of Canada by 2025 and 30 per cent by 2030, writes Janet Sumner.
The world is experiencing increasing climate chaos and a rapid and terrifying loss of biodiversity, and our cities and near urban areas are the frontline. For example, southern Ontario contains Canada’s fastest growing urban regions and one-third of the Canadian population. Yet barely three per c...

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