Canada has an extensive system of protected areas that, when added together, would cover an area slightly larger than Ontario. That’s larger than France and Spain combined, and more than three times the size of Germany.
But Canada also has a new conservation goal called 30 by 30, which aims to conserve at least 30 per cent of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030. Meeting this ambitious goal would mean roughly doubling Canada’s protected area. Doing this right means that new protected areas must conserve biodiversity and safeguard areas that store carbon, provide freshwater or are key areas for nature-based recreation.
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More than half of respondents indicated winter weather would not curb their desire to spend time outdoors. Christiana Jones, spokeswoman for Capital Regional District Parks, said the local system of parks and trails has seen a huge increase in use over the past year. She said in 2020, individual visits to CRD parks and trails shot up to 8.5 million, a million more than the previous year. While regional trails only saw a marginal increase in use, Jones said parks saw an overall use increase of 25%. In some parks, such as Francis/King Regional Park, visits increased about 65%, noted Jones. The region’s “most visited” park, Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park, saw 1.7 million visits in 2020.