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NATURE CAN HELP RESTORE
CANADA AFTER COVID-19
LIVING PLANET
REPORT CANADA
2020
CANADA’S AT-RISK
SPECIES FACE
STAGGERING LOSSES
While it doesn’t take a scientist
to guess that species at risk are
likely to decline — after all, “at risk”
means at risk of extinction — the
magnitude of wildlife declines and
the threats they face can tell us if
conservation efforts are working.
The Living Planet Report Canada
JAMES SNIDER
2020 reveals we aren’t doing enough.
WWF-Canada found that
Canadian populations of globally
at-risk species declined by 42 per
cent between 1970 and 2016, while
nationally at-risk populations fell
by 59 per cent. We also found that
species at risk face five threats on
average, including overexploitation,
climate change, pollution and
transportation.
The report also outlines a series
of solutions to combat these threats
and recover Canadian wildlife. We’ll
need your help.
WWF-Canada’s vice president of science, knowledge and innovation
spoke to news outlets across the country about the Living Planet
Report Canada 2020. Here’s a sampling of what he said:
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THE STAR, JULY 29, 2020
“We can redesign our economy and
our communities to make them resilient
and strong, and to protect people
and nature. But this moment won’t
last forever, and future generations
are depending on us
to seize it.”
Megan Leslie
PODCAST
— Megan Leslie,
WWF-Canada’s president
and CEO, on the need for
a green recovery.
TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE
LIVING PLANET REPORT CANADA
No time to read the full Living Planet Report
Canada 2020? Let Megan Leslie and James
Snider tell you everything you need to know
on our new podcast. Every
month on Conservation
Files, a different expert
will take you into the heart
of the conservation work
they’re doing.
ON CBC.CA
“We can’t simply
be taking an
approach to protected
areas that’s
separate from
how we’re tackling
climate change,
that’s separate
from how we’re
trying to recover
our species at risk.
They have to be
deeply integrated.”
IN CANADIAN
PRESS
“In Canada, we
are not exempt
from the global
extinction crisis.
It’s very easy for us
to assume that the
loss of biodiversity
elsewhere in
the world isn’t
happening here,
and the findings of
this report shows
otherwise: We are
seeing significant
decline in some
of our most
imperiled species.”
IN CANADIAN
GEOGRAPHIC
“For conservation
in Canada to
be effective, it
needs to be both
equitable and just.
For that to occur,
we’re going to [rely
on] significant
leadership from
our Indigenous
communities.”
IN THE GLOBE
AND MAIL
“We need to take
a much more
integrated and
holistic approach
if we’re going to
see successful
recovery of those
species.”
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