Caribou conservation is one of Canada’s most important ecological challenges. For millennia, many Indigenous Peoples lived alongside and relied upon caribou, a species of great cultural and ecological importance. Unfortunately, caribou populations have severely...
Climate change is expected to significantly disrupt ecological communities. Climate change directly affects species by altering their habitat. However, indirect effects of climate change on species interactions, such as predation and competition, may have...
Mountains make up one-quarter of Canada’s land-mass and are home to unique ecosystems and iconic wildlife, such as grizzly bears, caribou, mountains goats and sheep. Mountain regions are also the traditional homelands of Indigenous...
Mountains and the UN Sustainable Development Goals “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” — Our Common Future:...
Mountains make up one-quarter of Canada’s land-mass, and most are in British Columbia (BC). As our population continues to grow, mountain ecosystems face unprecedented threats to their sustainability, including climate change impacts, biodiversity loss...
The Canadian Parks Collective for Innovation and Leadership (CPCIL) and the Canadian Committee for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (CCIUCN) organized a webinar on July 4th, 2019 to present the 2021-2024 IUCN Draft...
Mountain ecosystems and their local populations provide important resources, such as fresh water and timber, to more than half the world’s population. Mountains also resemble islands, where diverse species and human communities live in...
Ma petite #montagne méconnue: le mont Royal, une #forêt en plein cœur de #Montréal :
https://www.lapresse.ca/voyage/quebec-et-canada/2021-06-19/redecouvrir-montreal/ma-petite-montagne-meconnue.php
#MontRoyal #MontagnesCanadiennes #NatureenVille #Nature #Québec #Canada
What ‘#Glacier Blood’ on the French #Alps Tells #Scientists About #ClimateChange at High Elevations / Ce que le "sang de glacier" des #Alpes françaises révèle aux scientifiques sur le #ChangementClimatique en haute altitude (en anglais) : https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/glacier-blood-french-alps-may-reveal-climate-change-secrets-180977989/ #mountains
Looking forward to the afternoon sessions of #CMNsummit2021 ! Thank to our all our morning session speakers for inspirational talks 🤩
Norma Kassi highlighting all the important work she is doing with @CanMountainNet. Importance of working with, training and including youth, Land Guardians, on-the-land training, community-based research...and so much more great work. #cmnsummit2021 @ArcticPrize @ualberta #youth
2021 GROW Summer School "Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate" is now accepting applications. The online summer school will be held online from 14 to 24 September 2021. The deadline to apply is 25 July 2021.
http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/mountain_partnership/doc/GROW_2021_-_Programme_1Jun2021.pdf
#Biodiversity #ClimateChange
