At the beginning of May 2019, representatives of 132 governments around the world released a United Nations report that issues a stark warning: the accelerating deterioration of nature is jeopardizing humanity’s collective future.

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The Carolinian ecoregion of Canada makes up one per cent of the country’s total land mass and is limited to southwestern Ontario. The Ontario Forest Birds at Risk Program (OFBAR) at Bird Studies Canada works to ensure that the birds most at risk in this area recover before they are lost forever.

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Discover some tips to help make portaging a success.

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This is an update to a post I wrote last year. The data has now been analyzed, and the results are ready for sharing.

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This blog marks the 10th Intern Alumni Spotlight — a series highlighting some of the individuals who have interned with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) in the past. This month we are following up with Sarah Ludlow.

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As a land planner, I am always looking for new ways to learn more about the landscapes in which the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) works. Enter LiDAR (or light detection and ranging), a technology that has been around for decades but didn’t come of age until recently.

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Check out some of the top birding spots in Ontario.

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Discover four mental health benefits of volunteering outside.

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Saying that native grassland is important habitat for grassland birds seems quite obvious. So what are native grasslands, and what makes them so special?

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Beech leaf disease was first detected in North America in 2012 in Lake County, Ohio. It has since spread rapidly to other Ohio counties, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario.

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