Parks Forever
Canada has one of the oldest and most extensive parks systems in the world. In addition to our renowned national parks, some provinces, like British Columbia and Ontario, have provincial parks systems that rival the national parks systems of other countries. Most provinces have provincial parks systems of significance to nature conservation.
Our goals:
- ensure that parks and protected area networks, once established, are managed to protect their ecological integrity forever
- ensure industrial activity is prohibited in all Canada's parks and protected areas
News
- 2008 Election Primer
posted September 18, 2008 - Praise for federal, provincial and territorial government protection of parks amid fears of development pressure
posted July 17, 2008 - Half of Ontario's northern Boreal to be protected
posted July 14, 2008 - More...
Successes
- Half of Ontario's northern Boreal to be protected
posted July 14, 2008 - CPAWS welcomes next step in protecting Nahanni watershed
posted April 7, 2008 - More...
CPAWS continues to work to phase out logging in 25% of the park by 2010.
SNAP/CPAWS, along with other conservation organizations, is working to permanently prohibit sale and development of designated parkland in Mount Orford.