More than four of every five Canadians are living in an urban area. Countless areas are now turning into cities: green turning gray and humans replacing with animals. In terms of economic development, urbanization is excellent way for a country's growth. Speaking of the environment, however, it is a process that takes away the animals’ homes and habitats. It increases the risk of animals getting hit by cars or being shot, blocking their migratory paths, and exposes them to new invasive species. Apart from the negative impacts on animals, urbanization pollutes air, soils, and water, affecting earth and our life in many perspectives.  

Green corridors connect animals back to the places they were dissociated from due to human activity. In Banff National Park, located at Alberta, Canada, a Wildlife Corridors program allows visitors to hike green corridors and learn in what ways it affects lives of wild animals. Another program in British Columbia, Canada, called The Okanagan Valley Goose Management Program, protects the urban geese. Anyone who takes this program could build knowledge on the urban geese and learn how they should act around them. Furthermore, the program protects geese eggs, helping to grow the declining population of the geese. Additionally, in the City of Toronto there is a unique law that a building with size bigger than a specific area has to have a green roof for urban birds that are losing their habitats.

The world’s largest conservation organization, WWF, is also making movements to help animals from urbanization. Specifically, the WWF-Canada has done programs and projects like Re:grow, In The Zone, and Go Wild Grants. All three examples above are actions individuals could take with no big difficuly, like planting native species in their backyard or creating a garden in their own school or campus. These help start movements throughout Canada and inspire people to make a leap toward a biodiverse earth.

People in Canada, along with others from many other countries, are working to improve the environment that disturbs the natural cycle of earth. Although urbanization do pose threats to animals and plants, it could be solved through actions we take. It’s small steps that leads to coexistence with other organisms on this planet. 

Souce: 

https://treecanada.ca/article/green-spaces-urban-wildlife-and-human-impacts/ 

https://wwf.ca/habitat/urban-areas/