Since 1970, nearly half of Canada’s monitored species have declined and nearly half of those have declined by over 80%. This catastrophic collapse has been linked to habitat degradation and land-use changes. When we lose natural spaces and...
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50 Million Trees Program Funding Funding for the Forests Ontario’s 50 Million Tree Program has been announced by the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna and the office of the Minister of Natural Resources...
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Report Outlines Need to Maintain Support for Large Parks to Keep up With the Region’s Growing Population To read the full report, visit https://greeninfrastructureontario.org/gio-and-partner-resources/ June 11, 2019 – Just as storm sewers and...
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Prescribing Nature There is a growing body of evidence connecting exposure to natural spaces with a rise in emotional well-being and an overall positive impact on physical health. In fact, many doctors are prescribing nature – suggesting patients...
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Improving Urban Forest Management In a new report by the Natural Areas Conservancy, Trust for Public Land, and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, urban forest professionals from 125 American organizations were asked about the...
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GIO was a sponsor and participant at the recent Grey to Green conference. We had the opportunity to learn from wide range of green infrastructure experts – we have summarized some of our key takeaways below: Naturalization can be a more effective...
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Great Lakes Emerging Champions Great Lakes Emerging Champions Mini-Grants are intended to increase green infrastructure implementation capacity in communities of 250,000 people or less in the Great Lakes Basin. With support of up to $15,000...
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Accounting for Green Infrastructure Often times, despite its multitude of economic, environmental, and social benefits, green infrastructure is overlooked or an afterthought in major capital allocation and investment decisions. The public sector...
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GIO is dedicated to assisting the Ontario provincial government by supporting and promoting policy solutions that encourage green infrastructure as part of healthy, prosperous, and sustainable communities. We recently submitted comments and...
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Ontario Greenbelt Project for Natural Asset Management There is an exciting green infrastructure and natural asset opportunity for local governments in Ontario’s Greenbelt. Already, municipalities across Canada are starting to manage their...
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Green Infrastructure to Offset Dock Construction in Ontario Work is being organized for a habitat offset project in Napanee, Ontario. Ducks Unlimited Canada will partner with the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, Fisheries and Oceans Canada...
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Active commuting through natural environments is associated with better mental health A recent study looked at 3599 respondents from Spain, the Netherlands, Lithuania and the UK. These individuals provided answers to questions on commuting...
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