Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Making small changes to roadsides can help pollinators

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Jessica Forrest, Professor, Department of Biology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Canada has more than a million kilometres of rural roads. Although vital corridors for travel and commerce, roads fragment habitats, disrupt animal movement and lead to millions of wildlife deaths from collisions.

Yet roadways shouldn’t be written off as ecological wastelands. Many jurisdictions mandate that a certain amount of land on either side of a road be maintained as a hazard-free “clear zone.”…

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