A two-year study from the World Wildlife Fund has found Canada is facing a myriad of serious environmental problems. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Karen Kelly has more:
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A two year study from the World Wildlife Fund has found Canada is
facing a myriad of serious environmental problems. The Great Lakes
Radio Consortium’s Karen Kelly has more:
The report says much of Canada’s vast forestland has yet to be
protected.
Animals are threatened by the loss of tallgrass prairies.
And invasive species are wreaking havoc in the Great Lakes.
Kevin Cavanaugh is the director of biodiversity conservation for
World Wildlife Fund Canada.
He says the wide diversity of problems presents a significant
obstacle.
“One of the big challenges is that what is needed in one part
of the country is often quite different than another so this was
our attempt to try and help prioritize the kind of activities that
would need to take place in order to conserve nature.”
The provinces are the primary protectors of the environment in
Canada.
The reports says they must cooperate with the federal government
and industries to address Canada’s environmental problems.
For the Great Lakes Radio Consortium, I’m Karen Kelly.