Bird Conservation in Canada

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We keep stewardship within Canada's Important Bird Areas strong.

In 2009, TransCanada Corporation committed $1 million over the next five years as a national sponsor of the Canadian Important Bird Area Caretakers Network, a nationwide initiative to establish a volunteer network of caretakers who will watch over and protect Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in their community.

We protect and conserve migratory bird populations.
Working with BirdLife partners in the Americas, Nature Canada has launched projects in Paraguay, Brazil, Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic to reduce pressure on bird habitat, and we are currently participating in top-level policy talks to strengthen the Migratory Bird Convention Act.

We strive to protect the birds of the boreal.
The Boreal forest region contains crucial breeding habitat for 80% of the waterfowl species of North America, 63% of the finch species, and 53% of warbler species. To protect the boreal for all birds, Nature Canada is a member of the Boreal Forest Conservation Framework, a made-in-Canada effort to balance conservation and development in Canada's Boreal region. We recently submitted a petition, signed by 60,000 people, to Parliament demanding that 50% of the Boreal be preserved. We are working to ensure endangered birds are saved and common birds stay common.