The federal government is putting more than $13 million toward protecting over 81,400 hectares of taiga forest and peatland south of Kapuskasing, Ont., Environment and Climate Change Canada announced.
The project, led by the Nature Conservancy of Canada, has total funding of $64 million from federal and Ontario governments, businesses, foundations and donors.
The announcement comes ahead of the UN biodiversity conference, COP17, which begins the week of Oct. 19 in Yerevan, Armenia.
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