A section of the Amazon rainforest stands next to soy fields in Belterra, Para state, Brazil, in November 2019. Efforts to save the world’s disappearing species have largely failed so far.
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The so-called post-2020 global biodiversity framework is a nature counterpart to the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, and will aim to curb the decline of nature by 2050.
Whooping cranes were hunted extensively through the early 1900s, and by 1941, only 22 remained. They breed in Wood Buffalo National Park, in Alberta.
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A bewildering array of laws and regulations cover species and ecosystems in Canada, making their protection inadequate.
The Tonquin and Brazeau caribou herds in Jasper National Park are now so small that they cannot recover on their own.
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Canada needs a national board of advisers to hold Parks Canada’s feet to the fire and shield it from political interference.
When offspring become more “costly” to make, mothers make fewer of them. And these offspring start life with fewer energy reserves.
Air, water, land and wildlife are tainted with thousands of chemicals that we cannot see, smell or touch — and may not be considered a threat to wildlife.
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Scientists have a new approach to understanding how pollution threatens species at risk in Canada.
A female resident orca whale breaches while swimming in Puget Sound in January 2014.
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Noisy waters may be making it harder for southern resident killer whales to communicate with each other and find their food.
The burrowing owl was once a common sight on the prairies. Now Saskatchewan and Alberta have fewer than 1,000 breeding pairs.
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Carving up ecosystems or opening them to development puts the survival of species at risk.
The wilderness in Canada’s parks is shrinking due to encroaching business. Pictured here: the Glacier Skywalk in Jasper National Park is cantilevered 280 metres over the Sunwapta Valley floor.
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Canada’s national parks don’t need more visitors. They could use more scientists, and better science, to help conserve the country’s species.