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Table of Contents 5 Reasons the Boreal Forest Is Important to Migratory Birds Palm warblers like this one migrate to the boreal forest in Canada from the southeastern United States, the Yucatan Peninsula, and Panama. Jeff Nadler The boreal forest of North America stretches across the top of the continent, from inland Alaska and northern British Columbia to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. Although fragmented wildlife habitat exists in the southern regions of the forest, the boreal in the northern subarctic region provides one of the most intact biomes ...

First Published: 12:06 PM PDT, May 4, 2021 Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is determined to protect "blue carbon" ecosystems that play an integral role in absorbing carbon from the atmosphere. Australia will pay an additional $100 million towards ocean conservation to protect ecosystems that contain seagrass and mangroves, which live and grow along the shoreline. As the world's only island continent, about 85 percent of the Australian population lives within 30 miles of the coast. “The climate and the planet’s oceans are inextricably linked. This investment is a major contributio...

Feral Animal Control Underway in Budj Bim An aerial shooting program to control feral animals is being undertaken this week in the World Heritage listed Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, including parts of the National Park and the Indigenous Protected Areas. Helicopters will be used to target deer and feral pigs that are negatively impacting fire affected parts of the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape. The program is part of a broader integrated pest control project being implemented by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation, P...

stores carbon, purifies the air and water, and helps regulate the climate for the entire planet.     “I think it's a well-known fact that the Northwest Territories of Canada is very rich in minerals – we've got three diamond mines in our backyard and another mine for gold. So I guess one of the things that sparked the idea for Thaidene Nëné, over 50 years ago, was the fact that the elders had always wanted to have a protected area set aside for future generations, and have it be protected in a way that the First Nation people were involved so they didn't lose any of their treaty right...

Share this article Share this article GATINEAU, QC, April 21, 2021 /CNW/ - Today, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, spoke with U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland. The meeting built on a long history of cooperation on nature-related matters between Canada and the United States. The two reaffirmed their commitment to work together and with others to increase the scale and speed of action to protect nature and wildlife, including through supporting Indigenous solutions, and ensuring that conservation plays a role in reconciliation with Indige...