Natural Spaces

Defending feathered friends

One million birds die in collisions with Toronto buildings each year, and no single site has been more deadly to birds during the past decade than Toronto’s Consilium Place.

Ecojustice launched a private prosecution against the building owners to encourage them, and others, to take affordable steps to end the needless deaths of our spectacular bird species. Our case goes to court in April 2011.

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Our parks and natural spaces form a part of our identity as Canadians. Ecojustice leads in the legal protection of species at risk through our precedent-setting lawsuits for the protection of wildlife and wild spaces.

What's New in Natural Spaces

Happy World Wetlands Day!
Blog Entry | posted by Pierre Hamilton | Feb 02, 2012 09:25 AM
Guest blogger Jim Brennan, of Ducks Unlimited Canada, talks about the value of wetlands and a new report on Greenbelt Wetlands protection in Ontario. Read more.
Greenbelt Wetland Protection Sets Example for Province
Media Release | Feb 02, 2012 05:35 AM
Conservation groups release report, Protecting Greenbelt Wetlands: How Effective Is Policy?, that credits the Ontario government for improving wetlands protection. Read more.
UPDATE: Kent says no to caribou protection, again
Blog Entry | posted by Kimberly Shearon | Jan 26, 2012 10:20 AM
"Nationally, the species does not face an imminent threat to survival at this time," Kent tells media. Read more.
Time for Minister Kent to get serious on caribou
Blog Entry | posted by Kimberly Shearon | Jan 25, 2012 08:00 AM
Six months after being told to reconsider emergency measures to protect Alberta’s caribou, the Minister has yet to act. Read more.
Environment groups ask Federal Court for minister’s hand on caribou protection
Media Release | Jan 24, 2012 04:30 PM
Six months have passed since Minister told to reconsider emergency protection of caribou in oilsands region. Read more.