Canada’s laws to save endangered species are failing

We need more funding, new ecosystem-based approaches, and greater involvement (and willingness) from all sectors to work together for species protection and recovery.

Some of Canada's caribou populations are considered to be threatened under the Species at Risk Act. While Canada has plenty of laws, policies, and plans intended to protect nature, the continued decline of wildlife makes clear the shortcomings of current approaches, write Dan Kraus and Justina Ray.Photograph by Peupleloup, courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY DAN KRAUS, JUSTINA RAY

March 2, 2023

Canada was rightfully slapping itself on the back for successfully helping steer a major international agreement to address biodiversity loss across the finish line at the Convention on Biological Diversity summit in Montreal just before the holidays.

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