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People walk down a path surrounded by large trees at Stanley Park in Vancouver, on June 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

October 23, 2024

Want to build healthier cities? Make room for bird and tree diversity

Rachel Buxton, Carleton University; Emma J. Hudgins, The University of Melbourne, and Stephanie Prince Ware, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Tree and bird diversity has been linked to a number of positive mental health outcomes. It is time that urban planners interested in human well-being take biodiversity into account.

Clayoquot Sound, part of the Tla-o-qui-aht territory, has been the site of numerous protests against logging the forest. Meares Island was declared a Tribal Park in 1984. (Shutterstock)

April 21, 2021

Respect for Indigenous knowledge must lead nature conservation efforts in Canada

Rachel Buxton, Carleton University; Andrea Reid, University of British Columbia; Joseph Bennett, Carleton University, and Paul A. Smith, Carleton University

To combat the biodiversity crisis, we need to fundamentally shift our economy and society and make nature conservation the norm.

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