Task
- Option One: Create a simple infographic that highlights what you've learned so far in this story.
- Option Two: Sketch/map your answer to the question: should we save the economy to save nature?
What do you think?
- Do you think environmental regulations and “red tape” are problematic for our economy?
- Do you think large protected areas are problematic for our economy?
- If we had to choose, what is the better option? More economic development and fewer parks and recreational opportunities? Or more protected areas and recreational opportunities, but less economic development? Why?
- How would you turn the kaleidoscope and find a better solution?
Terms & Concepts
- Boreal Forest
- Environmental Regulation
- Regulatory Process
- ‘Forest for the trees’
- first-past-the-post electoral system
- Voting Blocs
This story in the media
More economists are getting deeply worried about Canada’s future – and investors are taking notice
Bias: Centre/Right
Source: The Globe and Mail
File Type: Essay
Overview: More economists are getting deeply...
The delicate act of creating a national park in polarized times
The delicate act of creating a national park in...
Biodiversity: Finance and the Economic and Business Case for Action
Biodiversity: Finance and the Economic and Business Case for...
Referenced Resources
- Canada is a huge country. Most of it is unfit for human habitation.
- Population Density of Canada
- Conservation and conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo: The impacts of warfare, mining, and protected areas on deforestation
- Government is Failing to Protect Russia’s Biodiverse Forests
- Why the Amazon’s Biodiversity is Critical for the Globe: An Interview with Thomas Lovejoy
- Is It Too Late to Save the Amazon Rainforest?
- New Study: Boreal Forest Is Key to Reaching Biodiversity and Climate Goals
- Wildwood - a thriving example of sustainable forestry
- OECD predicts Canada will be the worst performing advanced economy over the next decade…and the three decades after that
- The environment is Canada’s biggest wedge issue
- It's not just taxes — here is what's really killing Canada's competitiveness
- Fixing Canada’s environmental laws: Let’s get it right
- Right to a Healthy Environment
- Basics of Environmental Assessment under CEAA 2012