A preliminary study released by Environment Canada and Parks Canada examines thirty-nine Canadian national parks and leaves no doubt that the implications of global warming are indeed serious for the future of our parks.

Many of our national parks are increasingly under pressure from encroaching development, water and air pollution, and habitat fragmentation.

Climate change will pose an additional, unparalleled challenge to the stability and protection of these parks unless a concerted and rapid effort is made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Canada and worldwide.

Banff National Park
Low-elevation glaciers in Banff National Park are rapidly melting. Some could disappear in less than 20 years. Polar bears face unprecedented ecological challenges due to global warming.

Parks in Peril - in brief.
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Climate Change impacts on Canada's National Parks
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Download a brochure on the effects of climate change on Canada's national parks.