By Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer A group of investors traded their suits for boots to survey an area in southern Ontario where they listened closely to Indigenous communities and researchers about ways to repair the land. They were gathered in Ontario’s Carolinian Zone, a highly populated stretch of land between Toronto and Windsor, where the ecosystem has been seriously damaged by high levels of development. The money-holders were interested in setting up a so-called “conservation impact bond” in partnership with Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, whose members would be paid to repair the habitat. Beneficiaries of the improved lands — which could include local governments or insurance companies — would repay investors and ensure a fair profit. As a crucial first step, Diane-Laure Arjalies,…
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