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In Namibia, a Lauded Community Conservation Model Is at Risk

Yale E360

Namibia has long been praised for its locally-based conservancies that have benefited both wildlife and rural communities. But the government is now allowing oil and gas and other companies onto previously protected lands, putting the nation’s conservation gains in jeopardy. Read more on E360 →

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Digitalization and Predictive Policing in Conservation

Legal Planet

Digitalization is reshaping environmental governance in profound ways. To explore the intersection of digitalization and environmental governance and the power dynamics that are at play, I interviewed three social scientists on the matter. SMART is a digital platform for data collection, storage, and analysis within conservation.

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Government Funding and Farm Bill’s Future Top Congress’ September To-Do List

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

By October 1, Congress will need to fund the government for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 and determine how to extend ( again ) the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill). In total, Congress will be in session for three full weeks before adjourning on September 27. This post examines where both tasks stand as September begins.

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FRESH, November 8, 2022: Ontario Government Proposes Less Strict Wetlands Protections

Circle of Blue

The conservative government in Ontario is pushing for changes to the province’s wetlands policy that would loosen protections for “provincially significant wetlands.”. “If Even though the government wants to offset losses by building replacement wetlands, ecologists say that it’s not a one-to-one trade. In the News. Other News.

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HotSpots H2O: ‘Global Indigenous Agenda’ Calls for Water, Land, and Resource Governance at 2021 IUCN World Congress

Circle of Blue

Indigenous activists and organizations from around the world met virtually this week for the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Zoom-based World Conservation Congress, an event that gathers world leaders once every four years to discuss the global challenge of sustainability, environmental leadership, and nature conservation.

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Premier Ford’s Greenspace Carve Outs: Coming soon to a Conservation Area near you

Enviromental Defense

You might think the Ontario government would have heard the message loud and clear: Ontarians will not tolerate protected lands being offered up to Ford’s developer friends. Premier Doug Ford has forced Ontario’s 36 Conservation Areas to set the table for a province-wide land buffet for developers.

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Ontario Government Proposes to Further Gut Endangered Species Rules for Developers

Enviromental Defense

The proposed changes demonstrate the Government of Ontario’s persistence in prioritizing harmful projects over protection of even the very rarest of species and ecosystems. The MECP’s proposal makes clear that the Ontario government cares little about the unpayable costs of biodiversity loss.