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Announcing the winners of the 2023 KBA Canada Photo Contest!

Across the months of September and October, KBA Canada invited photographers of all levels to submit their favorite photos of KBAs as part of the 2023 KBA Canada Photo Contest. This was a smashing success, collecting over 110 submissions from dozens of photographers. Submissions across the four contest categories – Fauna, Flora and Fungi, Landscapes […]

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November 21, 2023 - KBA Editor

Capturing Canada’s Key Biodiversity Areas: A Photo Contest

Canada is home to a diverse range of ecosystems, each with its unique flora and fauna. Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) play a vital role in preserving these ecosystems and the species that call them home. KBAs are places that contain remarkable concentrations of rare or vulnerable species and ecosystems, according to specific globally recognized criteria. […]

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September 18, 2023 - KBA Editor

KBA Canada analysis dashboard

Blog writer: Peter Soroye, KBA Assessment and Outreach Coordinator, Wildlife Conservation Society By recognizing KBAs across Canada, we are highlighting some of the most important remaining places for biodiversity, and highlighting the species and ecosystems that Canadians have an important responsibility to protect. Mapping out these sites, large and small, protected and unprotected, remote and […]

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January 6, 2023 - Kba User

ALBERTA’S FRANK LAKE IS AN IDEAL SPOT FOR BIRDS – NOT A SOLAR FARM

By Amanda Bichel, Key Biodiversity Areas Coordinator, Birds Canada Frank Lake is a beautiful place, plain and simple. It’s also the most important wetland for birds in southwestern Alberta. Through the work I do with Birds Canada and our supporters, helping to identify the most important sites for birds and other species across Canada, I’ve […]

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November 11, 2022 - Kba User

EXPLORE CANADA’S CRITICAL PLACES FOR NATURE

By Birds Canada After decades of surveys, species assessments, and data collection, leading conservation science groups have officially launched Canada’s Key Biodiversity Areas Program (KBAs)! The interactive KBA registry and first suite of formally designated sites were unveiled October 3 at the Canadian Museum of Nature, at an event hosted by the KBA Canada Secretariat: […]

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October 18, 2022 - Kba User

Watch the new KBA Video!

**Click here to watch** We are so excited to launch the KBA Program, website, registry tools, and this video to the public! Please enjoy this short video that will introduce you to this important program, and some of the members of the KBA Secretariat as well.

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September 22, 2022 - Kba User

Recognizing Biodiversity Strongholds: Key Biodiversity Areas in Ontario

Published in the Biodiversity Education and Awareness Network blog. Last year, we wrote about our work to identify Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in Canada. These are places with exceptional biodiversity, and can be found anywhere from scenic wilderness areas, to roadside ditches containing rare insects or plants. KBAs highlight the broad biodiversity in Canada, celebrate the […]

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April 6, 2021 - admin

Canada committed to protecting 30% of our territory by 2030. Which 30% should it be?

Scientists say we should consider biodiversity and ecosystem services when deciding which areas to protect CBC Radio · Posted: Jan 15, 2021 4:14 PM ET | Last Updated: January 15 **Listen to the Quirks and Quarks episode here.** Produced and written by Sonya Buyting. Scientists warn that if we don’t act soon to protect our environment, we’re in for a […]

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January 15, 2021 - Kba User

Key Biodiversity Areas

By Jaime Grimm (Key Biodiversity Areas Research Associate) and Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne (Canada Key Biodiversity Areas Coordinator), Wildlife Conservation Society Canada. Read the article published by the Biodiversity Education Awareness Network. Now, more than ever, people and nations across the world are recognizing the growing threat of biodiversity loss. The Canadian federal government has responded to […]

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June 5, 2020 - admin