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Why Canada's Wetlands Matter to the World

Jeff Wells | Posted 04.07.2013 | Canada
Read More: Boreal, Wetlands Canada, Canada Wetlands, Rockies, Nile River Basin, James Bay, Canada News
Jeff Wells

Here's a surprise for you. You may already know that the list of the world's largest and most important wetlands includes the Amazon Basin and the Pantanal of South America; the Nile River Basin and Congo Basin of Africa; and the Mississippi River Basin in the United States. But did you know that list also includes two boreal wetland systems right here in Canada?

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Protect Canada's Forests -- Only Half of Them Are Intact

David Suzuki | Posted 11.22.2011 | Canada
Read More: Global Forest Watch Canada, Foodprint, Land Use, Threatened Species, Forest, First Nations, Agriculture, Caribou, Pimachiowin Aki, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Boreal, Conservation, Hydro, Culture, Canada News
David Suzuki

Although advances in modern agriculture have brought millions of hectares of once-unsuitable scrub land into food production, the environmental consequences of our growing "foodprint" have been severe.

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