“Following five decades of persistent declines in wildlife populations, now is not the time to walk back protections for wildlife & habitats. Rather, Canada has a growing responsibility to scale up efforts to restore, protect & steward what remains of species’ habitats.” – @jamessnider.bsky.social

Ontario’s #Bill5 that is in hearings today, poses considerable threat to the HJBL through proposed changes to environmental assessment, creation of “Special Economic Zones” and broader changes to Ontario’s legal framework for environmental protection like repealing the Endangered Species Act.

And, also to better understand the risks we assume if planning, assessment and regulatory oversight of proposed development is weakened.

This research helps reinforce a needed baseline information on the carbon storage benefits of this globally significant ecosystem— one that is increasingly under pressure from proposed development.