New Arctic Conservation Area

Just days before the United Nations climate change meetings in Cancun Mexico, the Canadian federal government announced a plan to designate an area north of Nunavut’s Baffin Island as a marine conservation area, reports The Globe & Mail.  This area would be approximately twice the size of Lake Erie and protected against any seismic testing (especially from oil and gas explor...

Gwaii Haanas

On June 7 of this year, the Canadian government tabled (for a subsequent vote) an agreement that establishes a Marine Conservation Area Reserve and Ha...