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Symposium on Bird Conservation |
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The dangers posed to birds by today's modern urban landscapes are extremely new in evolutionary time scales and birds have been unable to alter natural behaviours in response to relatively recent products of human activity.
Many bird populations are decreasing rapidly throughout North and South America and it is inconceivable that they can evolve quickly enough to adjust to massive urbanization, deforestation, habitat loss, climate change, and other factors threatening them. Cities are key places where adjustments in human behaviour necessary for bird conservation can occur. Local policy initiatives, public education and involvement of individuals will help to reconcile the needs of the human and non-human worlds and help mitigate the negative impact of our built environment on the natural environment.
Concerned advocates, planners, architects, developers, academics and students presented and discussed this issue with Toronto as a backdrop to this timely symposium.
View the detailed program.
Questions?
If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Snow of the City of Toronto's Environmental Planning section at: ksnow@toronto.ca
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