A global conservation conversation
Green Mountains Nature Reserve (Photo by Don and Karol Dabbs)
The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) recently spoke with Olaf Jensen about the status of conservation in Canada the world. Olaf is the director of protected areas division with the Canadian Wildlife Service of Environment and Climate Change...
Working landscapes, conservation and COP28: my takeaways
A wooden panel describing the importance of building soil carbon (Photo by NCC)
As the manager of agriculture policy for the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), I went to COP28 to understand how agriculture and ranching contribute solutions to the climate crisis. Here’s what I learned: ⚡️ The ambition is...
Conservation finance: Making nature investable
Misty Darkwoods forest, BC (Photo by Bruce Kirkby)
While nature is incredibly valuable, protecting it has not been all that profitable. Nature conservation, as a result, has been chronically underfunded. Investments in conservation to date have been disproportionately funded by governments and a...
What do we save? How science and planning are evolving to help make critical conservation decisions
Participants of the Open Standards workshop led by the Conservation Coaches Network (Photo by NCC)
In a world that is rapidly losing wildlife and habitats, conservation has become a science of decision-making. We know there are many places and species in Canada that will not survive unless we take action to protect and restore them. Deciding...
What is climate change adaptation? (Part Two)
Eagle River, Newfoundland and Labrador (Photo by Destination Labrador)
In Part One of this blog I presented the basics of climate change adaptation and how the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) fits into the picture. In Part Two below you will learn more about how NCC has participated in recent nation-wide...
Scientists of the (near) future!
Judging at the Canadian-wide Science Fair (Photo by Laurel Bernard/NCC staff)
I was recently privileged to be a judge at the Canada-Wide Science Fair. The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) was considerate enough to sponsor me to attend (i.e. take a day off work) so I could help judge some of the 400 projects presented by...
