Canada Protects 81,400 Hectares of Taiga Forest and Peatlands in Northern Ontario, 1.3 Times the Size of Toronto
Canada's federal government announced in Toronto, Ontario, on October 13 that more than 81,400 hectares of taiga forests and peatlands south of Kapuskasing, Ontario, will be protected, an area 1.3 times the size of Toronto. Minister Julie Dabrusin, Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature, and Secretary of State Nathalie Provost said Ottawa will invest over $13 million through the Natural Heritage Conservation Program.
The project totals $64 million from the federal government, the Government of Ontario, businesses, foundations and private donors, and is led by the Nature Conservancy of Canada. The protected landscape stores more than 30 million tonnes of carbon, equivalent to the annual emissions of about 34 million passenger vehicles, and provides habitat for species at risk including the red-headed woodpecker and the bobolink.
Ottawa reaffirmed its commitment to protect 30 percent of Canada's lands and waters by 2030. This week Canada and Ontario will also co-host federal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for conservation, wildlife and biodiversity in Toronto, ahead of COP17, which opens the week of October 19, 2026, in Yerevan, Armenia.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：加拿大北方针叶林景观 / Photo: Boreal forest landscape in Canada（Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 4.0）
