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<p class="MsoNormal">The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is collaborating with WWF-Canada for a webinar on
<b>biodiversity strategies for resilient urban forests</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Taking place <b>November 19, 2025, 2:00 to 3:00 pm EST</b>, we will be exploring how to integrate a biodiversity lens into your urban forestry plans and projects to improve the resilience of your urban forests and enhance the well-being
of your community.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Join us to hear from a panel of experts, municipal leaders and community partners as they share case studies and best practices related to biodiverse urban forests.
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<p class="MsoNormal">To learn more and sign up for the webinar: <a href="https://greenmunicipalfund.ca/events/webinar-biodiversity-strategies-resilient-urban-forests">
Webinar: Biodiversity strategies for resilient urban forests</a>. (<i>Please note: This webinar is being offered in English – a separate French session is being offered earlier the same day, linked below</i>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This webinar is being delivered through the Growing Canada's Community Canopies (GCCC) initiative, offered in partnership with Tree Canada.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">La Fédération canadienne des municipalités (FCM) collabore avec WWF-Canada pour organiser un webinaire sur
<b>les stratégies de biodiversité pour des forêts urbaines résilientes.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR">Le 19 novembre 2025, de 11 h à 12 h (HNE),
</span></b><span lang="FR">nous explorerons comment intégrer une perspective de biodiversité dans vos plans et projets de foresterie urbaine afin d'améliorer la résilience de vos forêts urbaines et le bien-être de votre communauté.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Joignez-vous à nous et écoutez un groupe d’experts, des leaders municipaux et de partenaires communautaires discuter d’études de cas et de pratiques exemplaires liées à la biodiversité des forêts urbaines. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Pour en savoir plus et vous inscrire au webinaire :
</span><a href="https://fondsmunicipalvert.ca/evenements/webinaire-biodiversite-des-forets-urbaines"><span lang="FR">Webinaire</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="FR">: Biodiversité des forêts urbaines | Fonds Municipal
Vert</span></a><span lang="FR">. <i>(Remarque : ce webinaire est offert en français – une séance en anglais est offerte dans l’après-midi)</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Ce webinaire est présenté dans le cadre de l’initiative Croissance de la canopée des collectivités canadiennes, offerte en partenariat avec Arbres Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td><p style="color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: .5rem !important; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">As we move forward with our commitment to reconciliation, FCM acknowledges that our head offices are located on the unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation whose presence here reaches back to time immemorial. We recognize and honour the historic and ongoing contributions of Indigenous peoples across the country.
<a href="https://fcm.ca/en/about-fcm/corporate-resources/land-acknowledgement" title="">Full Statement</a></p></td>
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