Профиль участника
Г-н Mitchell Zoratti
Организация:
Canadian Cattle Association
Страна:
Канада
Область (области) знаний:
I am working on:
Policies regarding the nexus of climate change and biodiversity loss as they relate to beef cattle production in Canada.
Г-н Mitchell Zoratti
The Grassland Conservation Initiative.
In Canada, approximately 82% of our native prairie grasslands have been lost and we continue to lose approximately 148,000 acres per year.
When native grasslands are converted, not only do we lose ecosystem
function, biodiversity, and wildlife habitat, we also lose considerable amounts of stored soil
carbon which is released into the atmosphere.
Г-н Mitchell Zoratti
Thank you for this opportunity to submit experiences, best practices, and scalable solutions for integrating biodiversity into agriculture. See attached the proposed initiative that the Canadian Cattle Association, The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), and Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) have been collaborating on - the Grassland Conservation Initiative - A multi-pronged approach to significantly reducing the loss/conversion of Canada's native prairie grasslands.