Category: Uncategorized

Announcing the winners of the 2024 KBA Canada Photo Contest!

(French translation coming soon/Traduction française à venir) This fall, photographers of all levels submitted their favorite photos of KBAs as part of the 2024 KBA Canada Photo Contest. The contest was a huge success, collecting more than double the number of submissions from last year (230 in total!) from over 60 amateur and professional photographers […]

Leer más →
December 17, 2024 - KBA Editor

Banking on a future for Spalding’s Campion

By Ian Adams, BC KBA Coordinator. This is a contributed blog post. If you have a story about a KBA site, species or ecosystem that you would like to submit as a blog post, please reach out to Peter Soroye (psoroye @wcs.org). (French translation coming soon/Traduction française à venir) Spalding’s Campion is one of the […]

Leer más →
December 5, 2024 - KBA Editor

Capturing Canada’s Key Biodiversity Areas: A 2024 Photo Contest

As the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) kicks off and countries gather to discuss how they will protect and save our biodiversity, the KBA Canada team is inviting photographers of all levels to participate in our photo contest and help us showcase the natural beauty and importance of Canada’s KBAs and the biodiversity that […]

Leer más →
October 8, 2024 - KBA Editor

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 […]

Leer más →
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. […]

Leer más →
September 18, 2023 - KBA Editor

Le projet de parc solaire Foothills: une victoire historique pour le lac Frank et les oiseaux

By: Amanda Bichel, Key Biodiversity Areas Coordinator Frank Lake is as gem just outside of a city of more than a million people, and I’m happy to say, it will stay a gem for the time being.  Frank Lake is the most important wetland for birds in Southwestern Alberta and hosts an impressive number of […]

Leer más →
May 23, 2023 - Kba User

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 […]

Leer más →
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 […]

Leer más →
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: […]

Leer más →
October 18, 2022 - Kba User