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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

Visionnez la nouvelle vidéo sur les KBA!

**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

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