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North America’s bird population down three billion since 1970, Arctic breeders hit hard

20 September 2019 Emily Chung, CBC News 0 Comments Biodiversity, birds, conservation, Ornithology, wildlife

There are nearly three billion fewer birds in Canada and the United States than there were half a century ago,

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Migratory birds still sighted as far as southern Finland

10 September 201910 September 2019 Yle News 0 Comments animals, Birdlife Finland, birds, conservation, weather, wildlife

According to nature conservation organisation Birdlife Finland, small migratory birds from Lapland were observed in the southernmost parts of Finland

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Ottawa and Inuit in Atlantic Canada to launch study on protected marine area

10 September 201913 September 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, Catherine McKenna, conservation, nature, Nunatsiavut, Nunavik

A coastal area adjacent to the Torngat Mountains National Park in northern Labrador in Atlantic Canada is under consideration to

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Sanikiluaq, Nunavut wins $5.5M to lay groundwork for protected area on Belcher Islands

4 September 20196 September 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Belcher Islands, conservation, indigenous, Inuit, national parks, Nunavut, Sanikiluaq

A project to expand community-driven science and lay the groundwork for a protected conservation area on the Belcher Islands has

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Final agreement signed to protect Peel watershed in northwestern Canada

23 August 201923 August 2019 CBC News 0 Comments conservation, First Nations, indigenous, national parks, Peel watershed, Yukon

It has taken more than 15 years of consultations, protests, court battles and more consultations — and now a final

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Major land use agreement to be signed in Yukon, northwestern Canada

22 August 2019 CBC News 0 Comments conservation, First Nations, indigenous, national parks, Peel watershed, Yukon

It has taken more than 15 years of consultations, protests, court battles and more consultations — and now a final

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New Indigenous protected area created in Northern Canada

21 August 201923 August 2019 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments conservation, Dene, First Nations, indigenous, Lutsel K'e, national parks, Northwest Territories, NWT, Thaidene Nene

A remote Indigenous community in Canada’s Northwest Territories is celebrating today the creation of a new Indigenous protected area that

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Marine protected area in Canada’s eastern Arctic comes with $55M for Inuit communities, PM announces

2 August 20192 August 2019 Sara Frizzell, CBC News 0 Comments Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Clyde River, conservation, indigenous, Infrastructure, Inuit, Lancaster Sound, Northwest Passage, Nunavut, Tallurutiup Imanga

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Iqaluit, Nunavut, in Canada’s eastern Arctic on Thursday to announce $54.8 million for Inuit

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What you need to know about wildlife photography in Canada’s Northwest Territories

1 August 20191 August 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Biodiversity, caribou, conservation, Inuvik, NWT, photography, wildlife

Northwest Territories creatives are laying into the territorial government after an Inuvik photographer was cautioned by the Department of Environment

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Rules around wildlife photography in Canada’s Northwest Territories news to local photographer

29 July 2019 Mackenzie Scott, CBC News 0 Comments conservation, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, NWT, photography, wildlife

A photographer from Inuvik, N.W.T., got an unexpected phone call soon after recently using his drone to make a video

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U.S. government signs new land swap for Alaskan wildlife refuge road

25 July 2019 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, conservation, Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, King Cove, roads, Wildife

U.S. Interior Department has already signed a new land swap agreement for a King Cove road, southwestern Alaska, days after

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Finnish petition to ban fishing nets in endangered seal habitats gathers 50,000 signatures

5 July 2019 Yle News 2 Comments conservation, endangered species, ringed seals, seals

A citizens’ initiative calling for a total ban on fishing nets in habitats used by the endangered Saimaa ringed seal

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Fishing ban lifted near habitat of endangered ringed seals in southeast Finland

3 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments conservation, endangered species, Saimaa Lake, Saimaa seals, seals, wildlife

The annual springtime ban on fishing with nets on Lake Saimaa in southeast Finland ended on Monday. Saimaa is the

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Finland’s wolf population up 10 percent

6 June 20196 June 2019 Yle News 0 Comments animals, conservation, endangered species, wildlife, wolves

Finland’s wolf population is currently estimated to be between 185 and 205 specimens, according to a report complied by Luke,

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Unique freshwater Alaska seals require special conservation efforts, study finds

21 May 201921 May 2019 Emily Blake, CBC News 0 Comments Alaska, conservation, Iliamna Lake, marine mammals, seals, wildlife

New research on the United States’ only known population of freshwater seals has found they’re unique, suggesting special conservation efforts

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