Canada
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Land Area
878,870,000 ha
GDP/Capita
47,892.9 USD
Total population
38,246,100
Urban population
81.4 %
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11 June 2021
A whistleblower complaint to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cites “egregious” violations by ReconAfrica and executives.
ReconAfrica, a Canadian company exploring for oil and gas upstream of one of Africa’s most lush and wildlife-rich habitats, may have fraudulently misled…
26 April 2021
Patches of forest cleared and tended by Indigenous communities but lost to time still show more food bounty for humans and animals than surrounding forests.
For hundreds of years, Indigenous communities in what is now British Columbia cleared small patches amid dense conifer forest. They planted…
25 February 2020
The Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en peoples collaborated in 1987 to challenge the British Columbia government and legally establish title to their ancestral territories. That landmark case, known as the Delgamuukw case, acknowledged that Aboriginal title over traditional lands exists and is possible to…
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22 January 2019
Imagine a world where sustainable development is no longer an oxymoron, one where the Earth is economically and ecologically stable and food and energy needs are met. It’s a place where habitats are preserved and pollution is limited.
Don’t worry – you’re not alone if you can’t.
But according to a…
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3rd INTERNATIONAL OPEN DATA CONFERENCE 2015, Enabling the Data Revolution
When: 27-29 May 2015
Where: Ottawa, Canada
About the event
Come and explore a wide variety of open data issues and collaborate on charting the future of open data at the 3rd International Open Data Conference, May 27-29,…
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