Protected Places Declaration
We have a generational opportunity to protect the biologically diverse areas that we have grown up loving. Canada has adopted a target to conserve at least 17% of terrestrial and inland water areas and 10% of coastal areas by 2020.
Canada’s Environment Minister is spearheading implementation of this target along with her provincial counterparts. But they need to know there is a large constituency behind them.
A declaration has been created to support these targets being met. Many organizations have signed already, but we need more to demonstrate broad support.
Please consider adding your organization to those below by emailing us at engage@naturecanada.ca. Or if you are in Ontario, you could sign online.
Here is a list of current signatories:
A2A – Algonquin to Adirondacks Conservation Association Abbotsford Mission Nature Club Active Kids Club Against Port Expansion in the Fraser Estuary Alberta Wilderness Association ALIVE Outdoors Alternatives Journal Appalachian Corridor Appalachien Arrowsmith Naturalists Association forestière des deux rives Association pour la protection du lac Taureau Aventure Écotourisme Québec Avon Trail Aware Simcoe Bancroft Field Naturalist Club Bathurst Sustainable Development Battle River Watershed Alliance BC Nature Beaver River Naturalist Society Big Lake Environmental Support Society Bird Studies Canada Birds and Beans Blazing Star Environmental Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation Boisé des Douzes Boost Creative Boundary Bay Conservation Committee Boundary Bay Park Association Brereton Field Naturalists’ Club Burke Mountain Naturalists Burns Bog Conservation Society Burrowing Owl Society Calgary Bird Banding Society Calgary Horticultural Society Camp Hurontario Camp Wenonah Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association Canadian Environmental Law Association Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Northern Alberta Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) Canot Kayak Québec Carden Field Naturalists Carolinian Canada Coalition Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition Society Catholic Network for Women’s Equality Central Athabasca Stewardship Society Centre de la nature du Mont Saint-Hilaire Centre d’intendance écologique Latreille (CIEL) Chilliwack Field Naturalists Citizens Environmental Alliance Clean North Club des ornitologues de la Gaspésie Comité de citoyens et citoyennes pour la protection de l’environnement maskoutain (CCCPEM) Comité ZIP du lac Saint-Pierre Comox Valley Nature Conseil Régional de l’environnement Chaudière-Appalaches Conseil régional de l’environnement de Laval Conseil Régional de l’Environnement de l’Estrie Conseil régional de l’environnement du Bas-Saint-Laurent Conservation Ontario Cooperative Entreprise Council of NB Corner Brook Stream Development Corp Couchiching Conservancy Cowichan Nature Estuary Society Cowichan Valley Naturalists’ Society Crooked Creek Conservancy Society of Athabasca David Suzuki Foundation Dawson College Sustainability Office Delta Naturalists Society Destined to Fly Durham Region Field Naturalists Earth Rangers Earth Values Institute Earthroots Eastern Ontario First Nation Working Group Eco Action Society EcoFriendly Sask Ecology North Ecology Ottawa EcoParent Magazine EcoSpark Eden Mills Millpond Conservation Association Ltd. Edmonton and Area Land Trust Edmonton Nature Club Environment North Environmental Defence EOS Eco-Energy Inc. Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy Farabout Peninsula Coalition Fiducie foncière du Mont Pinacle Firefly Books Flying Squirrel Adventures Fondation SÉTHY Fort Qu’Appelle Nature Society Fort Saskatchewan Naturalist Society FortWhyte Alive Fraser Voices Friends of Ecological Reserves Friends of Mount Carleton Provincial Park Friends of Nature Conservation Society Friends of Nose Hill Society Friends of Sauble Beach Friends of Second Marsh Friends of Semiahmoo Bay Society Friends of Shoal Harbour Society (FOSH) Friends of the Earth Canada Friends of the Harte Trail Friends of the Helen Schuler Nature Centre Society Friends of the Living Prairie Museum Friends of the Pugwash Estuary Friends of the Rouge Watershed Friends of the Salmon River Gamiing Nature Center Ganaraska Hiking Trail Association Gary Oak Meadow Preservation Society Georgia Strait Alliance Gimli Environmental Advisory Committee (GEAC) Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve Society Great Lakes Waterfront Trail Green Action Centre Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition Green Teams of Canada Green Up TO Greenpeace Guelph Outdoor School GUEPE Halton Environmental Network Halton/North Peel Field Naturalists Hamilton Naturalists’ Club Hastings Prince Edward Land Trust Hastings Stewardship Council Héritage Saint-Bernard High Park Nature Hike Ontario Hobbitstee Wildlife Refuge Hope Mountain Center for Outdoor Learning Humber Natural History Society Hunter-Clyde Watershed Group Huron Fringe Field Naturalists Info-Nature Mauricie Institut québécois de la biodiversité (IQBIO) Intervale & Associates Island Nature Trust Jasper Environmental Association JJ Collett Natural Area Foundation Junction Creek Stewardship Committee Kamloops Naturalists’ Club Keepers of the Athabaska Watershed Society Kelligrews Ecological Enhancement Program Kelsey Ecological Society Kimiwan Lake Wildlife & Preservation Society Kingston Field Naturalists Kitimat Valley Naturalists L.I.D. Permeable Paving Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy Lambton Shores Nature Trails Land Conservancy for Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Land Over Landings Land Trust Alliance of BC Langley Field Naturalists L’Association pour la protection du boisé Sainte-Dorothée Le Nichoir Learning for a Sustainable Future Lennox and Addington Stewardship Council Les amiEs de la Terre de Québec Les Amis du parc Meadowbrook Les Cercles des jeunes naturalistes Les Sentiers de l’Estrie Les Verts boisés du fjord Lethbridge Naturalists Society Lilooet Naturalist Society |
Limerick Area Conservation Coalition Little Campbell Watershed Society Little River Enhancement Group Living Sky Wildlife Rehabiliation Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) Long Point Basin Land Trust Lot 11 & Area Watershed Management Group Lower Grand River Land Trust Inc. Mackenzie Nature Observatory Magnetawan Watershed Land Trust Maitland Trails Association Manitoulin Nature Club McKellar Island Bird Observatory (a project of Save Our Songbirds) Meadow Lake ‘Woodlanders’ Junior Forest Wardens Meadowlark Nature Festival Meduxnekeag River Association Inc Midland-Penetang Field Naturalists Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust Mixedwood Forest Society Morell River Management Coop Moose Jaw Nature Society Nashwaak Watershed Association Inc. Nature Alberta Nature Barrie Nature Calgary Nature Canada Nature Guelph Nature League – Collingwood Nature London Nature Nanaimo Nature NB Nature Newfoundland & Labrador Nature Nova Scotia Nature Prince Albert Nature Regina Nature Saskatchewan Nature Trust of New Brunswick NatureKids BC Nature’s Calling Environmental Education Niagara Falls Nature Club Nicola Naturalist Society Nipissing University Biology Society North American Native Plant Society North Durham Nature Club North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper Northeast Avalon Atlantic Coastal Action Program Northern Amphibians Naturalists Society Northumberland Land Trust Northwatch Nova Scotia Bird Society Oakvillegreen Conservation Association Ocean Park Beautification Committee Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Alliance Oliver-Osoyoos Naturalists Ontario Biodiversity Council Ontario EcoSchools Ontario Farmland Trust Ontario Headwaters Institute Ontario Invasive Plant Council Ontario Land Trust Alliance Ontario Master Naturalist Program – Lakehead Ontario Nature Ontario Parks Association Ontario Rivers Alliance Ontario Wildlife Rescue Operation Migration Orillia Naturalists’ Club Osoyoos Desert Society Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club Ottawa Valley Wild Bird Care Centre Otter Valley Naturalists OURS-Winnipeg Owen Sound Field Naturalists Park People Patagonia Pembroke Area Field Naturalists Pender Harbour Wildlife Society Peninsula Field Naturalists Club Penokean Hills Field Naturalists Pickering Naturalists Plenty Canada Point to Point PEC Foundation Prince Edward County Field Naturalists Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory Protec-Terre Quetico Foundation Quinte Field Naturalists Rainbow Routes rare Charitable research reserve ReachUp Redberry Lake Biosphere Reserve Regroupement des organismes de bassins versants du Québec (ROBVQ) Regroupement national des conseils régionaux de l’environnement du Québec Réseau de milieux naturels protégés Reuter Valley Land Trust Richmond Hill Naturalists Rideau Environmental Action League Royal Botanical Gardens Ruiter Valley Land Trust Saint John Citizens’ Coalition for Clean Air Saint John Naturalists’ Club Salmon Arm Nature Enhancement Society Salt Spring Trail and Nature Club Sargeant Bay Society Saskatchewan Environmental Society Saskatoon Nature Society Saskatoon Young Naturalists Saskatoon Zoo Society Saugeen Nature Sault Naturalists Sauvons la falaise Save Our Seine River Environment Scugog Environemntal Advisory Committee Shuswap Naturalist Club Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions Société de biologie de Montréal Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society South Coast Bat Conservation Society South Lake Simcoe Naturalists’ Club South Okanagan Naturalists’ Club South Peel Field Naturalists South Shore Joint Initiative South Shore Watershed Initiative Southern Alberta Group for Environment (SAGE) Southwest Naturalists Squamish Environment Society St. Thomas Field Naturalists Stanley Park Ecology Society Stewards of Alberta’s Protected Area Association STORM Stratford Area Watershed Improvement Group Sudbury Naturalists Sustainability Network Sustainable Environment Network Society (SENS) Swim Drink Fish Sydenham Field Naturalists Thames Talbot Land Trust The Birdhouse Nature Store The Council of Canadians The Friends of Elk Island Society The Huron Fringe Field Naturalists The Kensington Conservancy The Land Between The PINE project Thickson’s Woods Land Trust Thorne’s Insect Shoppe Thunder Bay Field Naturalists Thunder Bay Hiking Association TLC The Land Conservancy of BC Toronto Environmental Alliance Toronto Field Naturalists TRACKS Youth Program Tusket River Environmental Protection Association (TREPA) Twin Lakes Conservation Club University of Guelph Wildlife Club Univert Laval Vancouver Avian Research Center Vankleek Hill and District Nature Society Waterloo Region Nature We Animals Weaslehead Glenmore Park Preservation Society Wellington Water Watchers West Elgin Nature Club West Elgin Nature Trust West Kootenay EcoSociety Whales Release and Strandings Program White Rock and Surrey Naturalists Society Wilderness Adventurers of Ontario Wildflower Society of Newfoundland and Labrador Wildsight Willow Beach Field Naturalists Woodland Environmental Consulting Woodlands Wildlife Sanctuary Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative York Simcoe Nature Club Yukon Conservation Society |