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Manitoba Nature Notebook

Welcome to our Manitoba Nature Notebook Blog, where conservation meets curiosity.

Explore stories, insights, and updates focused on protecting Manitoba's lands and waters. Through campaign updates, hike highlights, and inspiring nature fun, we aim to deepen your connection to Manitoba and empower you to take action.

Whether you’re a student, educator, or nature enthusiast, join us in learning, protecting, and celebrating the places we call home—one blog post at a time.

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December 15th, 2009

PREMIER COMMITS MANITOBA TO MOVE TOWARD CAP-AND-TRADE LEGISLATION

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Premier Greg Selinger today committed the provincial government to moving forward with legislation enabling the creation of a cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in Manitoba. He said the system will be subject to public consultations in 2010. “Manitoba is playing a constructive role in focusing on

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December 15th, 2009

MB. signs MOU with Australian state

Manitoba and an Australian state have signed a memorandum of understanding at the Copenhagen climate change conference. Premier Greg Selinger, in the Danish capital along with Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie for the UN climate conference, signed the MOU this morning with Premier Mike Rann of South Australia. The letter commits

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December 15th, 2009

Summer polar ice may vanish in 7 years: Al Gore

New modelling suggests that the Arctic Ocean could be almost ice-free in the summertime as early as 2014, Al Gore warned delegates Monday at the climate change conference in Copenhagen. The projection, based on computer models showing several years of dramatic losses of polar sea ice, suggest the ice cap

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December 15th, 2009

Scientists Call on International Leaders to Protect Vast Boreal Carbon Storehouse

Dear Prime Minister Batbold, President Halonen, Prime Minister Harper, President Hu Jintao, President Medvedev, President Obama, Prime Minister Stoltenberg, and Prime Minister Reinfeldt: As leaders of the eight nations that steward the global boreal forest biome that accounts for more than half of the world’s terrestrial carbon reserves and

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December 15th, 2009

Fisher Bay reserve “makes sense economically, ecologically and culturally”

The Fisher River Cree Nation could see a net gain of $38 million annually if the province approves new boundaries for the proposed Fisher Bay Provincial Park, according to a study released by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) last Thursday. The study, conducted by the Centre for Indigenous

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December 15th, 2009

Under the icy north lurks a ‘carbon bomb’

OTTAWA – North of Canada’s capital, underneath an endless expanse of spruce, pine, and birch, ticks what some scientists are calling a carbon bomb: Peat. A thick layer of the black spongy soil, the remnants of ancient forests, wraps the globe’s northern tier. Deeper than 15 feet in places, the

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December 15th, 2009

No consensus on Manitoba’s Kyoto goals

As Premier Greg Selinger flies to Copenhagen today to attend the international climate-change conference, Manitoba is on track to meet ambitious greenhouse gas emission targets it set last year, the government contends. But the Conservative Opposition begs to differ, and one local environmental leader says there isn’t enough solid information

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December 15th, 2009

Manitoba, Australian state renew partnership

PREMIER Greg Selinger was just nicely off the plane Sunday before Manitoba made its first splash at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.The province signed a renewed agreement with South Australia, a state in Australia that’s roughly the same size as Manitoba, to do exchanges on water conservation,

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December 11th, 2009

PREMIER AND CONSERVATION MINISTER TO ATTEND COPENHAGEN CLIMATE-CHANGE CONFERENCE

Premier Greg Selinger and Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie will join world leaders, policy makers, industry leaders, scientistsand environmentalists from around the world at the United NationsClimate Change Conference in Copenhagen. “Manitoba is a leader in clean-energy technology, energy efficiency, boreal protection and the fight against climatechange,” said Selinger. “The Copenhagen

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December 10th, 2009

Selinger speaks on Climate, Polar Bears, and a World Heritage Site

State of the Province Address, December 10, 2009 At the State of the Province Address, Premier Selinger stated he will be working with federal and provincial leaders for Canada to be a positive force at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. “If you to want to go quickly,

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December 9th, 2009

Selinger Announces Boreal Peatlands Strategy and New Protected Areas

The Manitoba government has announced its precedent setting Boreal Peatlands Steward Strategy. According to Premier Selinger, “Manitoba will be a leader in the preservation of boreal peatlands with a new stewardship strategy that will be developed in co-operation with stakeholders and leading climate-change non-governmental agencies.” CPAWS has been encouraging the

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December 9th, 2009

PROVINCE TO HELP TEMBEC WORKERS, COMMUNITY ADJUST TO CLOSURE OF PAPER MILL

With the announced sale of the Tembec newsprint mill in Pine Falls, the Province of Manitoba will assist with the establishment of a community adjustment committee of workers and local leaders to work through economic challenges and opportunities facing the community, Labour and Immigration Minister Jennifer Howard announced today. “The