Professor Lenore Fahrig, of the Department of Biology at Carleton University and co-director of the Geomatics and Landscape Ecology Research Laboratory there, wrote a paper challenging the conventional belief that fragmentation of natural areas is bad for their preservation. On the contrary, for the same amount of habitat, she finds that positive effects of fragmentation…
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A profile of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, 94, landscape architect par excellence: http://thetyee.ca/Presents/2016/03/14/Margolese-Prize-Winner-Cornelia-Oberlander/?utm_source=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=140316 Great insights. Choice quotes: ” Her lifelong devotion to sustainability, pedestrian-friendliness, universal access and integration with nature dovetail with what we collectively recognize as the new imperatives for city-making. “ ” I have never deviated from my dictum to bring nature into the…