{"id":18889,"date":"2026-06-18T09:11:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=18889"},"modified":"2026-06-18T09:11:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:11:44","slug":"carleton-universitys-rachel-buxton-highlights-benefits-of-ottawas-bird-friendly-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2026\/carleton-universitys-rachel-buxton-highlights-benefits-of-ottawas-bird-friendly-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton University\u2019s Rachel Buxton highlights benefits of Ottawa\u2019s bird\u2011friendly push"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton University\u2019s Rachel Buxton highlights benefits of Ottawa\u2019s bird\u2011friendly push\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Ottawa\u2019s new \u201cBird Friendly City\u201d certification is being welcomed by advocates as a meaningful step toward protecting bird populations, while also underscoring the need for stronger action on habitat preservation, urban planning, and public education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research highlighted by Carleton University Assistant Professor Rachel Buxton supports this effort, demonstrating that greater bird and tree diversity in urban areas can improve human mental health. Her findings further strengthen the case for integrating more nature into city environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read full article here: <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalcurrent.ca\/advocates-cheer-bird-friendly-status-for-city-push-for-stronger-embrace-of-nature\/\">Advocates cheer bird-friendly status for city, push for stronger embrace of nature &#8211; Capital Current<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ottawa\u2019s new \u201cBird Friendly City\u201d certification is being welcomed by advocates as a meaningful step toward protecting bird populations, while also underscoring the need for stronger action on habitat preservation, urban planning, and public education. Research highlighted by Carleton University Assistant Professor Rachel Buxton supports this effort, demonstrating that greater bird and tree diversity in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":481,"featured_media":18890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/481"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18891,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18889\/revisions\/18891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}