Biodiversity loss

New England’s Wildlands Offer a Vital Solution to Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss, and Threats to Human Health

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023
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Addressing the global crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and the related threats to human health and safety requires coordinated international goals that translate into local action.

Key Points: 
  • Addressing the global crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and the related threats to human health and safety requires coordinated international goals that translate into local action.
  • This report is the first to map and characterize all Wildlands across any region in the United States.
  • Wildlands are protected through mechanisms of variable strength, ranging from federal and state statutes to deed restrictions and local administrative decisions.
  • It hinges simply on the decisions and commitment that people make,” observed study co-author Jon Leibowitz, Executive Director of the Northeast Wilderness Trust.

Readout: Meeting of federal-provincial-territorial Ministers responsible for conservation, wildlife, and biodiversity

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Friday, May 26, 2023
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This week, Ministers discussed how the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework, with its targets to halt and reverse biodiversity loss globally and protect thirty percent of land and water globally, could be implemented in Canada.

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  • This week, Ministers discussed how the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework, with its targets to halt and reverse biodiversity loss globally and protect thirty percent of land and water globally, could be implemented in Canada.
  • Ministers examined barriers to accelerating progress for nature in Canada and opportunities to overcome those barriers.
  • Ministers agreed that implementing the new biodiversity targets and objectives will require meaningful collaboration among all levels of governments, including federal, provincial, territorial, and Indigenous governments and organizations.
  • Ministers have heard the evidence that policies and other mechanisms are needed to support the long-term resilience of biodiversity.

Government of Canada invests in further protecting Canada's waters from aquatic invasive species

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Friday, May 26, 2023
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The Government of Canada is investing $36.6 million over five years to fight aquatic invasive species in Canada.

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  • The Government of Canada is investing $36.6 million over five years to fight aquatic invasive species in Canada.
  • Aquatic invasive species are non-indigenous fish, invertebrate or plant species that have been introduced into a new aquatic environment, outside of their natural range.
  • Fisheries and Oceans Canada collaborates with partners across Canada to prevent the introduction, establishment and spread of aquatic invasive species in our waterways.
  • Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Fund (AISPF) provides $8.75 million over five years from 2022-23 to 2026-27 in contribution funds to help facilitate on-the-ground, preventative actions against aquatic invasive species.

Statement on the opening of the second negotiation session to develop an international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollution (INC-2)

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Friday, May 26, 2023
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GATINEAU, QC, May 26, 2023 /CNW/ - The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, issued the following statement on the opening of the second negotiation session to develop an international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollution (INC-2):

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  • GATINEAU, QC, May 26, 2023 /CNW/ - The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, issued the following statement on the opening of the second negotiation session to develop an international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollution (INC-2):
    "The global plastic pollution crisis threatens the environment, our economy, and the health of Canadians.
  • We recognize the need for global ambition and cooperation to end plastic pollution, both at home and abroad, and will work with everyone toward an ambitious, binding, global plastic agreement.
  • "Canada is committed to continue playing a leadership role in worldwide efforts to tackle plastic pollution.
  • Together, Government representatives from more than 165 countries and partners will meet to continue working on key elements for an ambitious, legally binding global agreement on plastic pollution.

Minister Guilbeault rallies pan-Canadian effort to support ambitious nature protection goals brokered at COP15

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Wednesday, May 24, 2023
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Conserving nature is foundational to all efforts to combat the triple crises of biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution.

Key Points: 
  • Conserving nature is foundational to all efforts to combat the triple crises of biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution.
  • The goal is to put nature on a path to recovery by 2050, including the development of Canada's 2030 Biodiversity Strategy.
  • It will be the first face-to-face ministers' meeting since December's breakthrough COP15, where the world agreed to the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework.
  • Canada is also advancing the domestic ban on harmful single-use plastics to help keep plastics out of our natural environment.

380 New Species Discovered in Mekong Region, WWF Reports

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Monday, May 22, 2023
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This brings the total number of vascular plants, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals described in the Greater Mekong region since 1997 to 3,389.

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  • This brings the total number of vascular plants, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals described in the Greater Mekong region since 1997 to 3,389.
  • A new species of gecko discovered in Laos’ capital city Vientiane, whose home is being fragmented by construction projects.
  • WWF works with government, non-profit and private partners across the five Greater Mekong countries on conservation strategies designed to protect these species and their habitat.
  • This is the latest in a series of reports highlighting new discoveries in the Greater Mekong region.

Government of Canada contributes to the conservation of the Forillon Ecological Corridor

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023
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This ensures the functionality of the ecological corridor between Forillon National Park and the large forests at the heart of the Gaspé Peninsula.

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  • This ensures the functionality of the ecological corridor between Forillon National Park and the large forests at the heart of the Gaspé Peninsula.
  • This contribution, funded by Parks Canada's National Ecological Corridors Program, builds on other recent Government of Canada investments to protect natural heritage in Canada.
  • The Forillon Ecological Corridor is a forested area providing terrestrial ecological connectivity between Forillon National Park and the large forests at the heart of the Gaspé Peninsula.
  • In Quebec, nearly 50,000 hectares have been protected, including 230 hectares within the Forillon Ecological Corridor.

Government of Canada launches pilot to support innovative funding opportunities for conservation

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023
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That's why the Government of Canada is finding new ways to collaboratively engage across all sectors and governments to help support nature.

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  • That's why the Government of Canada is finding new ways to collaboratively engage across all sectors and governments to help support nature.
  • Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, launched the Conservation Exchange Pilot, an innovative, science-based initiative designed to enable more conservation work in Canada.
  • The Conservation Exchange Pilot is an innovative and mutually beneficial funding mechanism designed to enable more conservation efforts in Canada.
  • The Conservation Exchange Pilot is an innovative mechanism enabling effective partnerships between industry, government, and the non-profit sector to address habitat and biodiversity challenges across Canada."

Capital Regional District in British Columbia contributes to Canada's national conservation network, supporting nature, and combatting climate change

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Tuesday, May 16, 2023
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Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, commended the Capital Regional District on Vancouver Island for its contribution to conservation in Canada.

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  • Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, commended the Capital Regional District on Vancouver Island for its contribution to conservation in Canada.
  • They have officially recognized all 33 of the regional parks under their jurisdiction in the Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database.
  • The Capital Regional District is a trailblazer for reporting their locally-protected and conserved areas directly in the national database.
  • The Capital Regional District facilitates regional decision-making on issues that transcend municipal boundaries, including regional parks and recreation facilities, the regional water supply, solid waste, and wastewater treatment.

Planet and AXA Climate Extend Strategic Partnership to Drive Drought Insurance Program

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023
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Based in Paris, France, AXA Climate, offers unique drought insurance services that estimate crop yield and losses and automatically trigger payouts within a few days of an end of a risk period.

Key Points: 
  • Based in Paris, France, AXA Climate, offers unique drought insurance services that estimate crop yield and losses and automatically trigger payouts within a few days of an end of a risk period.
  • “With Planet’s unique satellite data, AXA Climate has been able to provide a high quality index insurance coverage service for farmers and cooperatives.
  • We can now act quickly to help farmers and stakeholders combat the major threat of drought to agriculture around the world,” said Antoine Denoix, CEO of AXA Climate.
  • With this extended partnership, AXA Climate looks forward to expanding their services in the country as well as globally.