Biodiversity loss

THISTLE BLOOMS WITH NEW BRAND IDENTITY

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月曜日, 1月 15, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Thistle, the leading food and nutrition company that delivers healthy, ready-to-eat, plant-forward and planet friendly meals to customer doorsteps, has just unveiled a vibrant new brand identity. The refreshed brand encompasses a bold logo, an earthy yet vibrant color palette, and an updated website and packaging, and reflects Thistle's progression, growth, and continued commitment to empowering healthy living for both people and the planet.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Thistle , the leading food and nutrition company that delivers healthy, ready-to-eat, plant-forward and planet friendly meals to customer doorsteps, has just unveiled a vibrant new brand identity.
With a focus on plant-forward cuisine, Thistle's new brand reflects its ongoing commitment to serving meals that nourish both people and our planet.
To help bring the new branding to life, Thistle partnered with the award winning brand design agency Pearlfisher .
The reimagined logo proudly features its namesake, the blooming thistle plant – a pioneer species that helps replenish and revitalize the very land it grows upon.

Lemu Forges First New Zealand Conservation Partnership With Local Steward of Nature Waikanae Estuary Care Group

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火曜日, 1月 9, 2024

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FRUTILLAR, Chile, Jan. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a milestone collaboration with its first New Zealand steward of nature, the innovative global conservation platform Lemu today announced a partnership with Waikanae Estuary Care Group (WECG), whose goal is to restore the Waikanae Estuary Scientific Reserve to its former, fully functional flora and fauna status.

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FRUTILLAR, Chile, Jan. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a milestone collaboration with its first New Zealand steward of nature, the innovative global conservation platform Lemu today announced a partnership with Waikanae Estuary Care Group (WECG), whose goal is to restore the Waikanae Estuary Scientific Reserve to its former, fully functional flora and fauna status.
Thanks to this partnership, people in New Zealand and all around the globe can now easily support WECG conservation actions through the Lemu app, to protect and restore a rare ecosystem, which is crucial for biodiversity and local communities.
The Waikanae Estuary Care Group is one of dozens of community-based care groups working in collaboration with The Coastal Restoration Trust of New Zealand to restore local coastal areas.
“Lemu creates an easy new way for fellow Kiwis to support this fantastic conservation project right from the palm of their hands.

Canada's Impact Assessment Act must be both Constitutional and ensure a sustainable future

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月曜日, 1月 8, 2024

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Behind closed doors in Ottawa, Canadian government officials are drafting amendments to their advanced but controversial 2019 Impact Assessment Act, the country’s main tool for assessing major projects that can include big dams, pipelines and mines.

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Behind closed doors in Ottawa, Canadian government officials are drafting amendments to their advanced but controversial 2019 Impact Assessment Act, the country’s main tool for assessing major projects that can include big dams, pipelines and mines.
But they face a longstanding dilemma — how to respect Canada’s venerable Constitution while also applying new knowledge and acting on new imperatives.
Proposed projects being reviewed under the Impact Assessment Act — ranging from gold mines to airports and offshore wind projects — have often been lightning rods for controversy.

Big concerns overlooked

It divides powers and responsibilities, assigning some — like fisheries and navigation — to the federal government and others, including most natural resources, to the provinces.
Areas of concern that overlap or weren’t recognized in either 1867 or 1982 — like the environment and sustainability, respectively — are problematic.
The amendments now being drafted are aimed at pulling back the overreach for cases involving major matters of provincial jurisdiction.

Favouring the old way

First, narrow the agenda of impact assessment to focus on mitigating the adverse environmental effects of proposed projects.
Second, assign responsibility for addressing particular effects according to whether they are within established federal jurisdiction or provincial jurisdiction.
All are linked in complex social-ecological systems that influence each other continuously at multiple scales.

The strengths of the existing law

On the contrary, such an approach would return us to the pre-assessment world of piecemeal regulatory licensing.
In contrast to earlier federal assessment law, the Impact Assessment Act includes mitigation of adverse effects within a bigger, more demanding and realistic agenda.
It moves the core objective of assessment from merely reducing additional damage to seeking positive contributions to sustainability.

What the amendments must prioritize

For the drafters of amendments to the Impact Assessment Act, then, the challenge is not only to bring the law into constitutional compliance.
It is to craft a constitutionally compliant law that also meets 21st-century needs for assessments and decision-making in the lasting public interest.

Robert B. Gibson has funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for work on next generation assessment. He is also a member of the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada's Technical Advisory Committee on Science and Knowledge.

Canada’s Nature Agreement underscores the need for true reconciliation with Indigenous nations

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木曜日, 1月 4, 2024

The agreement stressed the full collaboration of Indigenous Peoples in alignment with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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The agreement stressed the full collaboration of Indigenous Peoples in alignment with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The Nature Agreement follows a series of historic federal investments in nature conservation over the past several years.
Like the previous announcements, the 2023 Nature Agreement includes funding for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, or IPCAs.

Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas

Unlike regular parks and protected areas in Canada, IPCAs are established and maintained by First Nations, Métis and Inuit governments.
Indigenous governments establish IPCAs under their own Indigenous laws, while some also choose to pursue protection under Canadian law.
IPCAs are varied, but typically support ecological restoration or protection and local economic development while centring Indigenous cultures, languages, knowledge and laws.

Roadblocks to reconciliation

Canadian governments continue to grant tenures and licences to companies for logging, mining, fish farms and other impactful activities inside IPCAs against the wishes of Indigenous nations.
These actions go against the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and its foundational principle of free, prior and informed consent.
Indigenous governments are sometimes forced to compensate companies by buying out tenures to ensure protection of their IPCAs.
This assertion is in spite of the Canadian government’s own guidance for reconciliation and legal pluralism — including the recognition of Indigenous rights and building equal relationships with Indigenous Peoples.

Systemic change will advance reconciliation

The challenges IPCAs surface can be embraced as catalysts for reconciliation.
It is the kind of transformative work that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called for in all sectors of society.
As such, how Canadian governments and the conservation sector respond to the roadblocks encountered by Indigenous governments advancing IPCAs is crucial.
Only by assisting these initiatives can we build meaningful and lasting IPCAs which not only restore and protect ecosystems but also advance reconciliation through Indigenous governance, laws, and knowledge systems.

Justine Townsend received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for her doctoral research.
Robin J. Roth receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (#895-2019-1019) and is the principal investigator and co-lead of the Conservation Through Reconciliation Partnership.

Government of Canada invests in community-based projects across the country to protect fresh water

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水曜日, 12月 20, 2023

NORTH HATLEY, QC, Dec. 20, 2023 /CNW/ - Clean and healthy fresh water is essential to Canadians, communities, and businesses across the country.

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NORTH HATLEY, QC, Dec. 20, 2023 /CNW/ - Clean and healthy fresh water is essential to Canadians, communities, and businesses across the country.
EcoAction provides financial support to non-profit and non-government organizations for local projects that improve water quality and contribute to the protection of Canada's fresh water and ecosystem health.
EcoAction is managed by the Canada Water Agency, the new federal agency focused on fresh water.
It requires that at least 50 percent of the total project value be funded from sources other than the Government of Canada.

Canadian Museum of Nature announces winners of the 2023 Nature Inspiration Awards

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金曜日, 11月 17, 2023

OTTAWA, Nov. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Canadian Museum of Nature announced the winners of its national Nature Inspiration Awards at special gala Thursday.

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OTTAWA, Nov. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Canadian Museum of Nature announced the winners of its national Nature Inspiration Awards at special gala Thursday.
The 2023 awards covered seven categories: Youth (aged 17 and younger), Adult, Not-for-Profit (small to medium), Not-for-Profit (large), Sustainable Business, Community Action and Lifetime Achievement.
“Ten years of the Nature Inspiration Awards confirm there’s an abundance of inspiring ways that Canadians are working to maintain a healthy natural world,” says Dr. Danika Goosney, President and CEO of the Canadian Museum of Nature.
Winners receive $5,000 that they can ”pay forward” to a nature-related program of their choice, or reinvest into their project or initiative.

Partners working with municipalities across Canada to contribute to national conservation network, supporting nature and halting biodiversity loss

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月曜日, 12月 18, 2023

Conserving nature at the local level is vital to fighting the triple crisis of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss.

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Conserving nature at the local level is vital to fighting the triple crisis of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss.
Partners Nature Canada, Ontario Nature, BC Nature, the Alliance of Canadian Land Trusts, and the Wildlands League, which are working collaboratively through the municipal Protected Areas Program, will continue to explore opportunities to add locally protected areas to Canada's national conservation network.
Through this work, up to eight municipalities will be identified and supported in their efforts to expand protected areas within their jurisdiction.
Nature Canada is proud to bring our partners together to work with municipalities on a mission to protect nature in communities across Canada."

COP28: Canada Daily Highlights - December 12, 2023

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火曜日, 12月 12, 2023

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Canada is active in this fight for our future."

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Canada is active in this fight for our future."
Ongoing negotiations at COP28 aim to secure an outcome aligning with the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C.
For more details, refer to the backgrounder ' At COP28, Canada Announces Funding and Advocates for Better Access to Resources for Vulnerable Countries '.
Canada is determined to lead in collaboratively building a more sustainable and prosperous future."

Minister Guilbeault reaffirms Canada's commitment to global climate action and continues to push for a strong outcome at COP28

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火曜日, 12月 12, 2023

At COP28, all countries came together to address the triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution and push for ambitious outcomes.

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At COP28, all countries came together to address the triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution and push for ambitious outcomes.
Canada advocated to secure ambitious outcomes to keep the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 1.5 ºC within reach.
In addition, Canada is collaborating with partners to ensure that COP28 results in new guidance for countries to make progress on adaptation.
Canada is making significant contributions to the global effort to fight climate change to ensure a healthier planet for generations to come."

COP28: Canada Daily Highlights - December 11, 2023

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月曜日, 12月 11, 2023

As co-facilitator on finance with Minister Fouad from Egypt, I have met with all countries to find a path forward.

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As co-facilitator on finance with Minister Fouad from Egypt, I have met with all countries to find a path forward.
We're close to reaching a strong agreement, and Canada continues to push for language on aligning countries' actions to keep 1.5 °C within reach."
They discussed how our two nations are working together to fight the triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.
Following the meeting, the Parties released a joint statement on Renewed Canada–United States Commitment on Climate and Nature Ambition .