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Close-up of a three-petaled white flower growing on the forest floor

Weeding through botanical terminology: What are native, invasive and ornamental plants?

October 25, 2024

While these terms are used often, the categories they describe are not always clearly defined. Here’s what WWF-Canada means when we use them. Read More

While these terms are used often, the categories they describe are not always clearly defined. Here’s what WWF-Canada means...
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Act Locally: How native plants can help you take on invasive species

November 21, 2023

Nature-based climate solutions don’t just capture carbon and help species at risk — they can also help stop the spread of invasive plants. Jim Robb of Friends of the Rouge Watershed shares what you... Read More

Nature-based climate solutions don’t just capture carbon and help species at risk — they can also help stop the...
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Asian Carp found near Lake Ontario

July 30, 2015

Invasive species one of the biggest threats facing health of the Great Lakes watershed Read More

Invasive species one of the biggest threats facing health of the Great Lakes watershed
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Sometimes conservation needs a good villain

December 4, 2013

In June 2012 our villain became a media celebrity after a YouTube video showed the highly invasive fish comfortably enjoying a Burnaby municipal pond. Results this week revealed that our fish was... Read More

In June 2012 our villain became a media celebrity after a YouTube video showed the highly invasive fish comfortably...
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Weeding through botanical terminology: What are native, invasive and ornamental plants?

Act Locally: How native plants can help you take on invasive species

Asian Carp found near Lake Ontario

Sometimes conservation needs a good villain

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Weeding through botanical terminology: What are native, invasive and ornamental plants?

Act Locally: How native plants can help you take on invasive species

Asian Carp found near Lake Ontario

Sometimes conservation needs a good villain

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