Striking Balance
In Canada's UNESCO Biosphere Reserves, communities struggle to strike a balance between environmental conservation and economic prosperity.
In Canada's UNESCO Biosphere Reserves, communities struggle to strike a balance between environmental conservation and economic prosperity.
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Ontario's Long Point - the world's longest freshwater sand spit - is lush with forests and wetlands. But an invasive...
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After years of conflict over logging in Clayoquot Sound, BC, communities look to the past to learn how the environment...
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The old-growth forest and pristine glacial lake of Quebec's towering Mont Saint-Hilaire are cherished by the communities...
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Traditional Mi'kmaq knowledge and Western science are being used to bring the oyster back in Cape Breton's Bras d'Or...
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The people of Georgian Bay, Ontario, struggle to mitigate the impact of increasing numbers of cottagers and a new four...
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Students conduct social and scientific experiments at Redberry - a salt lake at the heart of a shrinking Saskatchewan...
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The Inner Bay of Fundy salmon are teetering on the edge of extinction, but the people of the Fundy Biosphere Reserve are...
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Grizzly bears have been increasingly protected in Alberta, challenging the ranchers of the Waterton Biosphere Reserve to...