Safety Net Ontario: Ontario’s outsized role in the “Global Safety Net” for climate and biodiversity
Dinerstein et al. present a spatially explicit global framework for protected areas needed to reverse catastrophic biodiversity losses and stabilize climate. The Province of Ontario (Canada) stands out in this “Global Safety Net (GSN)” as a critical jurisdiction for meeting those goals, because of b...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:7ede57c7dc164fcbb4d238d6bb8ff25a 2023-05-15T16:16:42+02:00 Safety Net Ontario: Ontario’s outsized role in the “Global Safety Net” for climate and biodiversity Sarah A Finkelstein Cathal Doherty Amanda L. Loder 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2022-0126 https://doaj.org/article/7ede57c7dc164fcbb4d238d6bb8ff25a EN eng Canadian Science Publishing https://facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2022-0126 https://doaj.org/toc/2371-1671 doi:10.1139/facets-2022-0126 2371-1671 https://doaj.org/article/7ede57c7dc164fcbb4d238d6bb8ff25a FACETS, Vol 8, Iss , Pp 1-17 (2023) conservation planning Indigenous-led conservation carbon stocks irrecoverable carbon natural climate solutions protected areas Education L Science Q article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2022-0126 2023-03-19T01:30:18Z Dinerstein et al. present a spatially explicit global framework for protected areas needed to reverse catastrophic biodiversity losses and stabilize climate. The Province of Ontario (Canada) stands out in this “Global Safety Net (GSN)” as a critical jurisdiction for meeting those goals, because of both the large extent of roadless lands and high carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems. Simultaneously, pressure is increasing to develop unmanaged lands in Ontario, particularly in the Far North, for resource extraction. Here, we extract data from the GSN to identify and calculate the areal extent of target regions present in Ontario and critically review the results in terms of accuracy and implications for conservation. We show that when region-specific data are incorporated, Ontario is even more significant than what is shown in the GSN, especially in terms of carbon stocks in forested and open peatlands. Additionally, the biodiversity metrics used in the GSN only partially capture opportunities for conservation in Ontario, and the officially recognized extent of Indigenous lands vastly underestimates the role of First Nations in conservation. Despite these limitations, our analyses indicate that Ontario plays an outsized role in terms of its potential to impact the trajectories both of biodiversity and climate globally. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada FACETS 8 1 17 |
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Dinerstein et al. present a spatially explicit global framework for protected areas needed to reverse catastrophic biodiversity losses and stabilize climate. The Province of Ontario (Canada) stands out in this “Global Safety Net (GSN)” as a critical jurisdiction for meeting those goals, because of both the large extent of roadless lands and high carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems. Simultaneously, pressure is increasing to develop unmanaged lands in Ontario, particularly in the Far North, for resource extraction. Here, we extract data from the GSN to identify and calculate the areal extent of target regions present in Ontario and critically review the results in terms of accuracy and implications for conservation. We show that when region-specific data are incorporated, Ontario is even more significant than what is shown in the GSN, especially in terms of carbon stocks in forested and open peatlands. Additionally, the biodiversity metrics used in the GSN only partially capture opportunities for conservation in Ontario, and the officially recognized extent of Indigenous lands vastly underestimates the role of First Nations in conservation. Despite these limitations, our analyses indicate that Ontario plays an outsized role in terms of its potential to impact the trajectories both of biodiversity and climate globally. |
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Safety Net Ontario: Ontario’s outsized role in the “Global Safety Net” for climate and biodiversity |
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