An Enduring Wilderness by Robert Burley

Author:Robert Burley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ECW Press
Published: 2017-05-09T00:00:00+00:00

This approach gained official sanction as part of the Toronto Parks Plan 201 3–2017, adopted by council in 2013. The plan included recommendations such as implementing a program to strengthen the management of sensitive natural areas, determining thresholds to prevent excessive use, and increasing staff knowledge and skills to better manage environmentally sensitive lands.

Effective stewardship of Toronto’s natural parklands will require a mix of enlarged civic resources and expanded citizen engagement to meet the many threats to nature’s integrity, such as rising recreational pressures from an increasing population, insufficient infrastructure to direct users away from sensitive sites, the impacts of climate change, the spread of invasive species, encroachment by private landowners, and limited public awareness of the value of natural areas.

All this might seem to augur poorly for the future, but Toronto has made remarkable strides in just six decades. Opportunities exist to convert turf into meadow, forest, or wetland, and, just as importantly, this is a shared goal. The Ravine Strategy initiated in 2015 offers a way of pulling various policies, programs, and regulations together. The challenge will be finding the means to sustain the vision that has nurtured Toronto’s natural sanctuaries and will preserve them for generations to come.

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