Canada KBA Media Coverage
How Key Biodiversity Areas can guide conservation in Canada
The Canadian federal government recently announced its commitment to protecting 30% of land and marine areas by 2030. In pursuit of these targets, it’s essential that we work together to prioritize conservation efforts in areas that will best support the persistence of biodiversity. KBA Canada Coordinator, Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne, presented a [...]
Key Biodiversity Areas
Read the article published by the Biodiversity Education Awareness Network. By Jaime Grimm and Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne Now, more than ever, people and nations across the world are recognizing the growing threat of biodiversity loss. The Canadian federal government has responded to this crisis by announcing its intention to protect 25% [...]
Thinking big to conserve small but important species
Through the Key Biodiversity Areas Program, rare, endemic and underappreciated species are finally getting their due as important components of their ecosystems. Read the article published in Canadian Geographic. The Maritime Ringlet, a Canadian butterfly species found only in a few populations around the Baie des Chaleurs and Gaspésie (Photo: Colin [...]
Investing in Nature and People for Planetary Health
By Madhu Rao, Wildlife Conservation Society Read the article published in Medium. 2020 was to be the Super Year for Nature. Well before COVID-19 plunged the planet into an extraordinary crisis and brought the world’s economic systems to a grinding halt, the World Economic Forum ranked biodiversity loss and ecosystem [...]
How our network of vital bird habitats is expanding to include all wildlife
By Zoltan Waliczky Read the article on BirdLife International. The rock-solid criteria we use to identify Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) is now being used as the foundation for Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) – a new standard in site-based conservation which expands the concept beyond birds to all life [...]
Identifying Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in Mozambique
By Hugo Costa Read the article in Medium. Friday the 13th was an uncharacteristically lucky day for some of the world’s most threatened species as almost 20 Mozambican institutions, several from the Government, established the Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) National Coordination Group (NCG). This national platform will coordinate the identification, [...]