Staff at the Ecology Action Centre celebrate the International Day of Biodiversity by sharing some of EAC’s work connected to biodiversity and the role we can all play to protect it.
Speakers:
06:23 3 Crises, 3 Road Blocks, and 3 Reasons for Hope
Karen McKendry, Wilderness Outreach Coordinator
The crises keep piling up... the climate crisis, the biodiversity crisis, and now the COVID-19 pandemic (not to mention other crises caused by inequity in many forms). What's a human to do, and where do we find hope? In this talk, Karen will explore the implications of this triple-threat to the sustainability of Nova Scotia/Mi'kmaqi, including unearthing barriers to recovering biodiversity in our province.
32:44 Biodiversity in Cities
Meredith Baldwin, Sustainable Cities Coordinator
By 2050, nearly 70% of the world population is estimated to be living in cities. Cities pose a significant threat to biodiversity but with this threat comes opportunities! It's time to move beyond the concrete jungle and bring nature into our cities - for the health of humans and nature, alike. Meredith will be debunking some common and green-washed urban-biodiversity techniques and discuss practical changes that we can make from a policy, infrastructural, and personal level from a Halifax perspective.
52:08 Protecting Marine Biodiversity
Jordy Thomson, Marine Science and Conservation Coordinator
Since 2015, Canada has increased ocean protection in all three of its ocean basins, from just over 1% to 13.82%. It’s great news but the work to protect Canada’s oceans is not done! In this talk, we’ll be highlighting the unique marine biodiversity we have here in our Atlantic waters and will summarize how marine protected areas are being put in place to protect it.
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