Key actions in this area include strategic initiatives, restoring wetlands and habitats, planting trees, managing invasive species, and protecting and restoring natural areas. These efforts demonstrate the Region’s commitment to achieving natural system resilience, mitigating the impacts of extreme weather, safeguarding infrastructure, and promoting a healthier environment.
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Nature and Ecology
Durham Region is advancing natural system climate resilience through understanding vulnerabilities and risks, developing supportive policies, plans, and programs, and collaborating with partners such as local area municipalities, conservation authorities, and Indigenous communities.