{"id":15005,"date":"2025-01-09T15:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T15:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/?p=15005"},"modified":"2025-01-23T14:05:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T14:05:30","slug":"mission-biodiversity-prevent-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/en\/mission-biodiversity-prevent-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Biodiversity \u2013 Prevent Pollution!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your Mission, Should You Chose to Accept It\u2026<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Welcome back to our year-long operation to engage Canadians in supporting wildlife and habitat conservation – <\/span>Mission Biodiversity!<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Your mission this month is to help protect habitats and wildlife from another one of the five biggest threats to biodiversity \u2014 pollution. Pollution is the introduction of harmful materials into the environment at a rate that causes adverse changes. There are many different types of pollution, such as land, air, water, noise, and light. Since this is a lot to cover, we\u2019ve focused on water pollution for this mission.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Your mission is to reflect on why healthy waters matter, discover how we are connected to water, explore the impacts of pollution on\u00a0aquatic wildlife, and investigate\u00a0how\u00a0you can prevent pollution from making its way into our waterways and oceans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Part 1: Reflect on Why Healthy Waters Matter<\/b><\/h3>\n

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The water cycle continuously moves water between the land, atmosphere, and oceans. Water evaporates from the ocean, falls as rain, and flows into rivers and lakes. Watersheds and drainage basins direct this water back to the ocean. Regardless of whether you live on the coast or thousands of kilometres inland, the water you see in your community will eventually return to the ocean!<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start by reflecting on why healthy waters matter. In this activity, you\u2019ll create a mind map to explore your connections to the ocean and the benefits of healthy oceans for humans and ecosystems.<\/span><\/p>\n

Discover Your Ocean Connections \u2014 Get the activity <\/span><\/a>
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\n<\/span><\/a>Next, let\u2019s dive deeper and explore our connections to all water bodies by identifying our location on a map and tracing the path that water takes from our communities to the ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your Path to the Ocean \u2014 Get the activity <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Part 2: Explore the Impacts of Pollution<\/b><\/h3>\n

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While this month\u2019s mission focuses on water pollution, it\u2019s important to remember that pollution affects land and air as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

So where does water pollution come from? Use this resource sheet <\/a><\/span>to examine various sources of pollution, then learn about how these pollutants make their way into our waterways with this active simulation game where participants work in teams to deliver clean water from an inland community to the ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n

Clean Getaway \u2014 Get the Activity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n