KBA Canada reaches 400 KBA milestone and releases their 2025 Annual Report
Author: Peter Soroye, WCS Canada
- The KBA Canada program has identified over 400 Global and National KBAs, for 504 different species and 5 different ecosystems meeting KBA criteria
- The Report collects over 20 distinct ways that KBAs are being used in Canada to support planning, policy, and conservation by governments, NGOs, Indigenous communities and organizations, foundations, and funders.
The KBA Canada program published their 2025 Annual Report on Jan 30th, 2026. The report summarizes the incredible milestones and progress achieved by the KBA program throughout 2025, with a focus on spotlighting some of the ways that users are leveraging KBA information to benefit, inform, and inspire conservation work. Illustrating the report are some amazing photos from KBA partners and this year’s KBA Canada Photo Contest, as well as figures and maps. This Annual Report stands as a tribute to the dedication and collaborative efforts of the entire Canadian KBA program, including invaluable contributions from partners and supporters.
Highlights from the report include a summary of the (now 400+) Global and National KBAs identified to date, and regional updates and case studies about how KBAs are supporting on-the-ground KBA monitoring and stewardship. It presents a list of 23 ways that KBAs are already supporting planning, policy, and conservation work by municipal, provincial/territorial, and federal governments, and it gives an overview of outreach and engagement of the KBA Canada program. The report also details some of the larger KBA communications campaigns and successes from 2025. Finally, the report contains detailed appendices with complete information on KBA sites, species and ecosystems, as well as information on data gaps for the program where more knowledge and expertise are needed.
This is the third Annual Report that the KBA Canada Secretariat has produced, with past reports from 2023 and 2024 also available. The creation of this report was led by Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, with support from NatureServe Canada and Birds Canada, and with contributions from other partners and collaborators. As a summary of the state of the KBA program in Canada, the annual reports have been excellent communications tools for updating collaborators, supporting the work of fundraising teams, and helping to introduce newcomers to KBAs.
Read the full report and learn more on the KBA Canada website: https://kbacanada.org/media-release/announcing-the-2025-kba-annual-report/ . KBA Canada is happy to share templates and advice for groups interested in producing their own KBA annual reports, contact Peter Soroye for more information.