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COP28: Canada Daily Highlights - December 10, 2023

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Sunday, December 10, 2023
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This collaborative effort aimed to raise the visibility of carbon pricing as a critical strategy in the global fight against climate change.

Key Points: 
  • This collaborative effort aimed to raise the visibility of carbon pricing as a critical strategy in the global fight against climate change.
  • Canada announced a major step forward at COP28 with the introduction of a draft fourth protocol under the Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System.
  • Read 'Government of Canada announces new economic incentive to reduce methane emissions from beef cattle' for more information .
  • We are actually warming in Canada at twice the global rate, and northern communities in Canada are warming at three times the global rate.

2023 duck populations estimated at 32.3 million

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Friday, August 18, 2023
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OAK HAMMOCK MARSH, MB , Aug. 18, 2023 /CNW/ - An estimated 32.3 million ducks were observed on the breeding grounds in 2023.

Key Points: 
  • OAK HAMMOCK MARSH, MB , Aug. 18, 2023 /CNW/ - An estimated 32.3 million ducks were observed on the breeding grounds in 2023.
  • Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) stresses that the results are an important reminder that the need for habitat conservation never stops.
  • Using airplanes, helicopters and keen-eyed ground crews, the organizations examine breeding habitat and populations over more than 3.6 million square kilometres of Canada and the northern United States.
  • For a complete species-by-species breakdown from the 2023 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey, visit our website .

SOI Foundation Kicks Off Third Phase of the Blue Futures Pathways Program With Atlantic Expedition

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023
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The expedition is the first official activity of Phase 3 of the Blue Futures Pathways program, an endorsed United Nations Ocean Decade Action.

Key Points: 
  • The expedition is the first official activity of Phase 3 of the Blue Futures Pathways program, an endorsed United Nations Ocean Decade Action.
  • “Blue Futures Pathways has shown that work-integrated learning is a powerful way for young people to explore career options,”  said Geoff Green, President and Founder at SOI Foundation.
  • This expedition is made possible thanks to the support of Ulnooweg Indigenous Communities Foundation, Miawpukek-Horizon Maritimes Services, Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada, and numerous scholarship funders.
  • For more information and to find out how you can follow the journey, visit SOI’s expedition webpage here.

Vancouver Park Board Decision “Fear-Mongering” says Animal Alliance of Canada

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023
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VICTORIA, British Columbia, May 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Animal Alliance of Canada is calling out the Vancouver Park Board after its decision to include a cull of Canada geese as part of its strategy for managing the local goose population.

Key Points: 
  • VICTORIA, British Columbia, May 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Animal Alliance of Canada is calling out the Vancouver Park Board after its decision to include a cull of Canada geese as part of its strategy for managing the local goose population.
  • Jordan Reichert of the Animal Alliance condemned the Park Boards decision.
  • “You have a city with 650,000 people and the Park Board is vilifying about 2,000 geese for pooping on the grass.
  • The Animal Alliance of Canada said it will be asking Vancouver City Council to reject the funding request from the Park Board unless it removes culling from its plan.

Looking out for Canadian biodiversity

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022
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However, threats from development and introduced plants have reduced the Canadian population to fewer than 50 individuals.

Key Points: 
  • However, threats from development and introduced plants have reduced the Canadian population to fewer than 50 individuals.
  • This way of looking at the plant world makes us pause and reminds us of our collective responsibility."
  • As the world considers global biodiversity issues at the COP15 meeting, Canada faces its own decisions to save species here at home.
  • "More and more people are getting involved in looking for, and looking out for, species at risk," concluded David Lee, Chair of COSEWIC, "That's encouraging."

Discover the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem in new TVO Original series Great Lakes Untamed

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022
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This series will astound viewers with its jaw-dropping imagery and deeply researched revelations about the Great Lakes, says John Ferri, VP of Programming and Content at TVO.

Key Points: 
  • This series will astound viewers with its jaw-dropping imagery and deeply researched revelations about the Great Lakes, says John Ferri, VP of Programming and Content at TVO.
  • Great Lakes Untamed comes at a crucial moment in time, when we have the tools and knowledge to safeguard the future of these lakes and the vast diversity of life that depends on them.
  • TVO Original series Great Lakes Untamed revels in the fascinating history of North Americans five great lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario.
  • Watch the premiere of episode one of TVO Original series Great Lakes Untamed on Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9 pm ET on TVO, and stream it anytime on TVO Today , YouTube and smart TV services.

New sea duck atlas sheds light on poorly understood species and how we can protect them Canadian landscapes identified among 85 North American sites that provide critical habitat for sea ducks

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Thursday, June 16, 2022
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The Sea Duck Key Habitat Sites Atlas was created by a team of conservation researchers from across North America.

Key Points: 
  • The Sea Duck Key Habitat Sites Atlas was created by a team of conservation researchers from across North America.
  • The sea duck atlas is an initiative of the Sea Duck Joint Venture , a partnership under the North American Waterfowl Management Plan .
  • Sea ducks that frequent North America include eiders, scoters, mergansers, goldeneyes as well as buffleheads, long-tailed ducks and harlequin ducks.
  • The sea duck atlas identified 85 sites as providing critical habitat for these birds, many of which are in Canada.

Canada improves regulations that protect migratory birds in Canada

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Thursday, June 9, 2022
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The changes will make it easier for Canadians to understand and comply with the regulations, first enacted in 1918, and will improve the government's ability to effectively manage and protect migratory birds in Canada.

Key Points: 
  • The changes will make it easier for Canadians to understand and comply with the regulations, first enacted in 1918, and will improve the government's ability to effectively manage and protect migratory birds in Canada.
  • Modernizing the Migratory Birds Regulations will improve the ability to protect birds and complement conservation actions taken by our government.
  • "Birds Canada is very pleased that the amendments to the Migratory Birds Regulations are now being approved.
  • In Canada, the protection of migratory birds falls under the Migratory Birds Convention Act and its Migratory Birds Regulations.

Taking action for our eiders

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022
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), sea birds coated in oil from a tanker spill off the coast of Newfoundland, and more than 130 common eiders found dead on a beach on New Brunswicks Grand Manan Island.

Key Points: 
  • ), sea birds coated in oil from a tanker spill off the coast of Newfoundland, and more than 130 common eiders found dead on a beach on New Brunswicks Grand Manan Island.
  • Add to that the reality that the Gulf of Maine, one of the eiders primary habitats, is warming faster than 96 per cent of the worlds oceans.
  • Eiders today face an ever-growing list of human-made and environmental threats, from habitat loss to climate change.
  • Learn more about eiders Did you know common eiders, the largest duck in North America, eat mostly mollusks like mussels and clams, and can dive up to 20 metres to forage them?

Three individuals from Newfoundland and Labrador fined for offences under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994

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Friday, January 29, 2021
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On January27, 2021, Darren English, Brent Power, and Lawrence Kerrivan, from Branch, Newfoundland and Labrador, were sentenced after being found guilty of one charge each under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 in the provincial court in Harbour Grace,Newfoundland and Labrador.

Key Points: 
  • On January27, 2021, Darren English, Brent Power, and Lawrence Kerrivan, from Branch, Newfoundland and Labrador, were sentenced after being found guilty of one charge each under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 in the provincial court in Harbour Grace,Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • The three individuals were charged for the illegal possession of migratory birds.
  • As possessing migratory birds without a permit or other authorization or lawful excuse is an offence under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994, the matter was turned over to Environment and Climate Change Canada's enforcement officers for investigation.
  • Under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994, Environment and Climate Change Canada is authorized to protect migratory birds, their nests, and populations and to regulate potentially harmful human activities that may impact them.