Manitoba Wildlands

In November 2009, Merida, Mexico hosted the 9th World Wilderness Congress (WILD 9). Wild 9's central theme of wilderness, people and climate change brought over 1500 delegates from 51 countries together and resulted in forty-two targeted resolutions being passed. ...

Of the 47,677 species surveyed this year by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) over a third are at risk. The Red List has 17,291 species at some level of danger and 875 species considered extinct, indicating an extinction crisis.

Norway House Cree Nation Chief Marcel Balfour and Council have called on Manitoba to establish a "public, open and transparent process" to review the Lake Winnipeg Regulation and Churchill River Diversion Project (LWRCRDP).

The fishing industry on the Fraser River was devastated fall 2009 when out of 10 million sockeye salmon expected to return, only 1 million showed up. This is the worst return of sockeye salmon ever on the Fraser River and triggered the third year in a row that sockeye salmon fishing has been closed.

On October 27, 2009 U.S. President Obama announced $3.4 billion in grants to help the U.S. move towards a smart energy grid. His announcement is part of getting the U.S. on track for Copenhagen. A smart grid is key to renewable energy system and will help cut down on emissions.

English High Court judge Justice Burton has ruled that green and environmental beliefs deserve the same protection under the law as religious beliefs. The case ruled in favour of Tim Nichloson, head of ...

In an open letter in the run-up to the the UN climate conference beginning on Dec. 7, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appeals to world leaders to come to Copenhagen and hammer out the foundation of what he hopes will eventually be an ambitious climate deal.

Merrell-Ann Phare launched her new book Denying the Source: The Crisis of First Nations Water Rights (Rocky Mountain Books) on October 27th at Grant Park in Prairie Ink Restaurant, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Every 5 years since 1950, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) assesses water use in the United States. In the recent report examining 2000-2005, water use per person is lower than its been since the 1950's and total water use is lower than it was in 1975.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has announced a new rule requiring annual reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from industrial facilities.