Canada can develop infrastructure and protect biodiversity

By Andrew Nicholas Kadykalo, Adjunct Professor, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability (SERS), University of Waterloo; Trent University
Elizabeth Ann Nyboer, Assistant Professor, Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech
Steven J Cooke, Canada Research Professor, Conservation Physiology, Carleton University

Nearly 200 countries recently came together in Armenia for the 2026 United Nations Biodiversity Conference to review progress toward halting and reversing biodiversity loss. Many of these governments will soon convene again in Turkey to discuss efforts to tackle climate change at COP31.

In 2022, parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework aimed…

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