With large and diverse home ranges, the grizzly bear is an ecological umbrella species, meaning its presence on the landscape ensures a healthier ecosystem for countless other animals and plants.
Learn how mangroves are important for climate change mitigation and adaptation because they provide carbon sequestration, coastal protection, biodiversity conservation, and support for fisheries.
A keystone species helps define an entire ecosystem. Without its keystone species, the ecosystem would be dramatically different or cease to exist altogether. Learn who some of the keystone species are.
What do gray wolves, elephants, and parrotfish have in common? They're all keystone species, which means they have an especially large impact on their habitat.
3 levels of biodiversity: genetic, species, and ecosystem. Try out this interactive to learn more about each of these levels. Teacher resources accompany this video
David Attenborough explains why biodiversity is so important to humans, how biodiversity loss is impacting our world and how there is still time to change direction – if we act now.
When a plant or animal species that once lived stops existing entirely, we say that that species has become extinct. Why do certain species of plants and animals sometimes become extinct?
The word conservation means to preserve, protect, save, defend, support, maintain, sustain: the opposite of destroy (or letting something be destroyed). Learn more on this site!
Indigenous peoples have wide-ranging knowledge of the land and its ecology. Through collaboration with Indigenous partners, Parks Canada benefits from traditional knowledge systems
Lands inhabited by Indigenous Peoples contain 80% of the world’s remaining biodiversity. Indigenous Peoples’ traditional knowledge and knowledge systems are key to designing a sustainable future for all.
The RASC has developed formal guidelines and requirements for three types of light-restricted protected areas: Dark-Sky Preserves, Urban Star Parks and Nocturnal Preserves.
The One Square Inch Project was started by Gordon Hempton, who began traveling around the country looking for places that met the criteria of 'quiet places'.
The Canada's Forests Teaching Kit Series booklets focus on educating youth about the value of forests and the importance of protecting and conserving them. Scroll down on this page
The CARE package is designed to be used for a variety lessons focused on environmental stewardship. Over 28 items will help you and your students explore ways to conserve energy and water, and reduce waste.
Students will conduct their own home energy audit to evaluate the degree of energy efficiency in their own homes as well as take stock of their individual conservation behaviors.
Education resources including study guides, lesson plans, fact sheets, and class activities from Forests Ontario. Students can learn to take a forest inventory.
One of the best things we can do for the environment’s future is to make sure that young people care about nature, feel like they have a role in conserving nature, and are being listened to for solutions
An immersive Minecraft world with standards-based lessons. Explore these resources for hands-on learning about ecosystems, conservation and biodiversity.
