Healthy Nature, Healthy People: A call to put nature protection at the heart of Canada’s COVID-19 recovery strategies [2020]

The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the critical role of Canada’s treasured parks and protected areas. They are not just important for protecting nature and tackling climate change, but also for maintaining Canadians’ health and well-being, and supporting a resilient, diversified economy. In the report, Healthy Nature Healthy People, CPAWS provides recommendations for how federal, provincial and territorial governments can provide health and economic benefits to Canadians by investing in protected areas.