A nationwide report card measuring Canada's progress towards protecting 30% of its land and water by 2030 shows B.C. has made significant improvement since receiving a 'C' grade two years ago.
A nationwide report card measuring progress toward conserving territory for nature says B.C. has made “significant progress” since it was handed a mediocre “C” grade two years ago.
A spokesperson for the B.C. Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship said the government recognized the province's biodiversity is “globally significant.” The spokesperson said the government had committed to the recommendations of the Old Growth Strategic Review, which included treating biodiversity as a health priority, and continues to invest in a number of restoration projects.
CPAWS's latest report cited B.C. for making significant progress in protecting land alongside Quebec, Nova Scotia, Yukon and the federal government’s efforts to protect terrestrial ecosystems. Cole Burton, a professor of wildlife biology at the University of British Columbia, said the federal and B.C. targets are a good first step, but what ultimately matters is the quality of habitat that is conserved.
One place where CPAWS and Burton agree is the key role Indigenous communities can play in leading conservation. B.C. still falsely claiming protected areas, says group CPAWS classifies protected areas into two broad categories: provincial and national parks, on the one hand, and more murky designations broadly defined as “other conservation areas,” on the other.
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