Curious about how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting our environment? From air pollution, to freshwater fish conservation, to ecological grief, to environmental racism, these are some lessons learned across the globe.
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We have all experienced abrupt and unprecedented changes in the last few months, affecting how we work and how we live. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to dramatically change our behaviour, and these changes have had important ripple effects on our environment. For example, we have heard of improvements in air quality and wildlife recovery across the globe. But what do these changes mean for the environment at large and for our long-term sustainable development goals? The short answer is, it's complicated.
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The Conservation Through Reconciliation Partnership (CRP) is a seven-year program of work that supports Indigenous-led conservation in Canada. Hosted by the IISAAK OLAM Foundation, the Indigenous Leadership Initiative, and the University of Guelph, the CRP weaves together Indigenous thought leaders, organizations, youth and Elders; emerging and established scholars; prominent conservation agencies and organizations; Indigenous Peoples and Nations; and knowledge mobilization specialists.
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New research published in Nature Climate Change suggests that daily global CO2 emissions have dropped by 17% by early April 2020, compared to the average emissions in 2019. It is still early to say what the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on 2020 annual emissions will be, but a reduction between 4% and 7% is expected.
Gorilla conservation and COVID-19? Music as a gateway to nature? eARTh from space? These are some of the many talks going live online at the Global Biodiversity Fest from May 22nd to May 24th.
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Join GIER Affiliate Member and artist Diane Borsato for a conversation with AGO curator Georgiana Uhlyarik about art, nature, and using the tools of a naturalist to make sense of things in museums.
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The NFRF program was launched by the Government of Canada in 2018 to fund high risk, high reward and interdisciplinary research with the potential to make knowledge breakthroughs.
We are happy to announce that GIER's first quarterly Newsletter is out! We welcome you to check it out here. Our Newsletter features events, news on current interdisciplinary environmental research, science+arts projects, GIER-sponsored activities, and more!
GIER's Director, Dr. Madhur Anand, wrote an article for the World Economic Forum explaining what COVID-19 can teach us about human behaviour.
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Right on time to celebrate Earth Day (April 22), GIER communicated the results of its Small Grants Program. With an investment of CAD 111,000 GIER is funding eight new environmental research projects.
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