Biodiversity Planning and Protection in the Land Between

Title

Biodiversity Planning and Protection in the Land Between

Author

Samantha Dunlop

Host Organization

The Land Between, Leora Berman

Supervising Faculty

Tom Whillans, Environment and Resource Studies/Sciences

Date

2021

Location of Document

on-line

Area

The Land Between, Central Ontario

Subject

Biodiversity Planning and Protection

Description

The Land Between bioregion is considered the last intact wilderness of southern Ontario. The Land Between is home to unique communities of flora and fauna. Habitat protection is essential for supporting biodiversity because biodiversity is important to ecosystem structure, function, and resilience. Threats to biodiversity include climate change, development, habitat fragmentation, light and noise pollution, and contaminants in soils and water. Policy levers that can help include night lighting and noise restrictions, brownfield encouragement, tree preservation bylaws, shoreline buffers and setbacks from significant wildlife habitats.
In response to concerns of threats to biodiversity in the Land Between bioregion, an inventory of existing policy levers concerning biodiversity and habitat protection was conducted. Analysis of these documents helped identify areas with adequate coverage, as well as relative gaps in municipal planning.

Publisher

Trent University

Files

Reference

Samantha Dunlop, Biodiversity Planning and Protection in the Land Between, Trent University, 2021