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The Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area Reserve, also a Haida Heritage Site, is a prominent example of Indigenous-led, co-operatively managed marine protected areas (MPAs) in Canada, write Ross Jameson, an ocean conservation manager with the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society and Stephanie Hewson, staff lawyer at West Coast Environmental Law.
A few years ago, the world was electrified when someone, somewhere, declared an “insect apocalypse,” the ignominious end of all those tiny creatures we depend on daily, pay virtually no notice, and who, all by themselves, make up the vast majority of the animal kingdom. But was the description accurate?
The ongoing collapse of our managed forests — from needed carbon sinks into dangerous super-emitters — reached record levels in 2018. So here's an illustrative walk through the latest data.
