Did you know?
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Only 12.5% of Alberta is currently conserved as Parks and Protected areas
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Most of this land is in the mountains and Wood Buffalo National Park
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Not all of the different ecosystem types are protected from industrial use
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Industrial activity is still permitted in some ‘protected areas’ (see Parks)
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87.5% of Alberta’s landscapes are open to ever-increasing development
We depend on Alberta's land, water and a host of natural resources to fuel our economy and to meet our needs. We must ensure that in using our natural resources, we do not abuse them. Our children deserve a rich natural heritage
- Caribou and You
- When the caribou’s in danger, you are too. By saving the woodland caribou's remaining Boreal Forest habitat, we'll also help protect one of the world's largest natural carbon reserves and slow the effects of climate change.
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- Jasper is not a theme park
- Canada’s treasured Jasper National Park could be on its way to gaining a theme park-like attraction. US-owned Brewster Travel Canada wants to blast out the side of the cliff beside the Icefields Parkway to build the Glacier Discovery Walk. This would be a walkway and a massive glass-floored "skywalk" extending over the Sunwapta Valley. This may signal the start of a renewed surge of commercial development within our Mountain national parks.
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