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Chris Johnson, Professor of Wildlife and Conservation Ecology, University of Northern British Columbia

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Today more than ever biodiversity needs single species conservation - What They Never Told You

Focused conservation efforts are essential for the protection and recovery of many species at risk, such as the monarch butterfly. (Chris Johnson), CC BY

Through the federal Building Canada Act, “projects of national interest” are being fast-tracked while hundreds of major resource projects are already under construction or planned in the next decade.

Clean water, climate stability, economic health and cultural heritage all depend on biodiversity. Yet this foundation is hardly mentioned as the government seeks to shore up Canada’s economic future amid a shifting global order.

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