Biodiversity Conservation in Canada:
From Theory to Practice



Fig. 1.1. Canada has approximately 80,000 known species. Insects are by far the largest group. Vertebrates, which garner most conservation attention, only account for 3% of species. Source: CESCC 2016.


Major categories of Canadian species

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