(1/2) #Petition in #Canada to immediately suspend AAFC staff terminations and to continue operating the #research centers, research #farms and the Organic and Regenerative Research Program
https://www.
ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7214
Whereas:
#Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (#AAFC) plans to close 7 research facilities in #Alberta, #Saskatchewan, #Ontario, #Quebec and #Novascotia.
From Polar Bears International on Bluesky:
Waste management is a universal problem for northern communities. Learn more on how the town of Churchill, Manitoba is working on new waste management options and the difficulties Churchill and other northern communities face with this issue. pbears.org/4lx7CZ6
#polarbears #bears #churchill #manitoba #canada #politics #canpoli #environment #animals #ecology
Thousands of Canadians have told Ottawa to act on nature. We need thousands more.
Canada's $2.3B nature fund expires this month. We're asking the government to renew it — and invest in ecosystems for the long term.
Be one of the thousands 👇
https://wwf.ca/nature-cant-wait
#WWF #Canada #Quebec #Ontario #Manitoba #Alberta #Saskatchewan #BritishColumbia #BC #NovaScotia #Nunavut #Yukon #NWT #PEI #NewBrunswick #climatechange #nature #environment #environnement #politics #canpoli #ecology #ecologie #green
(2/2) The cuts will create critical gaps that cannot be relocated to other facilities or carried out at non-AAFC institutions including: scientific expertise; long-term studies, multi-stage variety development; multi-site variety registration data; organic and regenerative crop and livestock research; and
The cuts will reduce Canada’s competitiveness, resilience and food security, increase reliance on foreign science and seed, increase costs, and waste decades of public and producer investment.
(1/2) #Petition in #Canada to immediately suspend AAFC staff terminations and to continue operating the #research centers, research #farms and the Organic and Regenerative Research Program
https://www.
ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7214
Whereas:
#Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (#AAFC) plans to close 7 research facilities in #Alberta, #Saskatchewan, #Ontario, #Quebec and #Novascotia.
From WWF #Canada : Canada has committed to protecting 30 per cent of our land and waters and restoring 30 per cent of degraded habitats by 2030. Yet progress on these and other nature commitments is falling behind. The government has an opportunity — and an obligation — to change course.
Tell the federal government to close the nature funding gap and deliver on the promises it made for nature. Nature can’t wait.
https://wwf.ca/nature-cant-wait/#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=3b6f0a53-f481-4635-912a-8d329e640100
From WWF #Canada : Canada has committed to protecting 30 per cent of our land and waters and restoring 30 per cent of degraded habitats by 2030. Yet progress on these and other nature commitments is falling behind. The government has an opportunity — and an obligation — to change course.
Tell the federal government to close the nature funding gap and deliver on the promises it made for nature. Nature can’t wait.
https://wwf.ca/nature-cant-wait/#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=3b6f0a53-f481-4635-912a-8d329e640100
(2/2) The cuts will create critical gaps that cannot be relocated to other facilities or carried out at non-AAFC institutions including: scientific expertise; long-term studies, multi-stage variety development; multi-site variety registration data; organic and regenerative crop and livestock research; and
The cuts will reduce Canada’s competitiveness, resilience and food security, increase reliance on foreign science and seed, increase costs, and waste decades of public and producer investment.
Claude Trudel