(April 05, 2022)   -   Dr. Lorna Harris, a carbon and peatland researcher at Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, estimates that the area of the proposed Ring of Fire development alone locks away the equivalent of around 1.6 billion tonnes of CO2. Find out more in this article featured in the CBC What on Earth newsletter.

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(February 28, 2022)   -   WCS Canada Bat Scientist Cori Lausen speaks on the urgency of the Western Canada Bat Program probiotic project.

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(February 04, 2022)   -   Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle, our conservation planning biologist, explains how biodiversity in the Canadian Prairies is affected by climate change.  Read the CBC article and watch a video here. 

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(January 20, 2022)   -   WCS'  Director of Coral Reef Conservation Emily Darling gives us her reasons on having hope in the face of climate change.

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(January 20, 2022)   -   Conservation Zoologist Don Reid explains the importance of wetlands to Yukoners and WCS Canada's position on Yukon's draft plan for wetlands.

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(January 04, 2022)   -   We can do something about climate change, starting with protecting the gigantic carbon storehouses across Canada’s north: peatlands. We explained what is at stake at the COP26  Global Peatland Pavillion in Glasglow. 

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(December 03, 2021)   -   An all-star panel of experts offers insights about sustainable growth and how to keep Southern Ontario’s protected gem safe, even as proposals to build highways and kickstart development threaten to chip it away.

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(November 12, 2021)   -   Peatlands are natural carbon sinks, but they’re becoming carbon emitters.  This article on Scottish bogs mentions the WCS Canada scientists working towards protecting northern peatlands. 

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(November 12, 2021)   -   New research reveals what scientists have learned about the scale and distribution of a massive carbon reservoir lying just below the surface in wilderness areas across the country — and what’s at stake for the planet if it’s disturbed. President and Senior Scientist Justina Ray comments on managing this massive areas. 

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(October 07, 2021)   -   The Nunavut Land Use Plan (NLUP), which uses both scientific knowledge and traditional Inuit knowledge, is finally in its consultation phase after having been developped for over ten years.  This plan has the potential to protect Nunavut's caribou herds. 

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