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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

Zones clés pour la biodiversité

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

Thinking big to conserve small but important species

The Maritime Ringlet, a Canadian butterfly species found only in a few populations around the Baie des Chaleurs and Gaspésie (Photo: Colin Jones) By Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne, Canada Key Biodiversity Areas Coordinator Key, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada. Read the article published in Canadian Geographic. Through the Key Biodiversity Areas Program, rare, endemic and underappreciated species are finally […]

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May 21, 2020 - admin

Investing in Nature and People for Planetary Health

By Madhu Rao, Regional Advisor for the Asia Program, Wildlife Conservation Society. Read the article published in Medium. 2020 was to be the Super Year for Nature. Well before COVID-19 plunged the planet into an extraordinary crisis and brought the world’s economic systems to a grinding halt, the World Economic Forum ranked biodiversity loss and ecosystem […]

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May 15, 2020 - admin

How our network of vital bird habitats is expanding to include all wildlife

By Zoltan Waliczky. Read the article on BirdLife International. The rock-solid criteria we use to identify Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) is now being used as the foundation for Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) – a new standard in site-based conservation which expands the concept beyond birds to all life on our planet. Key Biodiversity Areas (or […]

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January 13, 2020 - admin

Identifying Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in Mozambique

By Hugo Costa, Mozambique Project Director, Wildlife Conservation Society. Read the article in Medium. Friday the 13th was an uncharacteristically lucky day for some of the world’s most threatened species as almost 20 Mozambican institutions, several from the Government, established the Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) National Coordination Group (NCG). This national platform will coordinate the identification, […]

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December 16, 2019 - admin

Mapping out a new approach to biodiversity protection

By Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne, Canada Key Biodiversity Areas Coordinator Key, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada. Read the article in Canadian Geographic. Decisions around where to establish new protected areas in Canada should consider wildlife and ecosystem health first. Every summer, thousands of tourists pour off buses to admire the breathtaking scenery of Banff National Park. Banff is an […]

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June 4, 2019 - admin