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If you want to protect biodiversity you should ditch the corn chips.

On September 16, we invited 3 guests to share their expertise about the role municipalities play in protecting, measuring and mitigating biodiversity.

We heard from:

• Dr. Cameron Jefferies, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ who shared updates to the Municipal Government Act that enable and require the protection of biodiversity in ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥
• Catherine Shier, Principal Ecological Planner City of Edmonton walked us through the different policies and tools the City of Edmonton uses to measure and find protection "hot spots" 
• Dr. Colleen St. Clair, Professor of Biological Sciences at the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ then followed up with very interesting research findings related to wildlife-human conflicts and habitat fragmentation (hint: here's where the corn chips come in -- watch the replay to learn more...) 

Explore the opportunities and challenges ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ municipalities face when protecting biodiversity in this webinar (1hour 17 minutes)

Click the links below to download the Presenter slide decks:

Download Cam's Presentation

Download Catherine's Presentation

Download Colleen's Presentation

More resources to help ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ municipalities protect biodiversity*

Subsidiarity in Action: Effective Biodiversity Conservation and Municipal Innovation

*With thanks to Miistakis Institute for sharing some of these links