Nature Conservancy of Canada
| Founded | 1962 |
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| Focus | Land conservation, restoration and management |
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Area served
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Canada |
| Method | Conservation through property securement and long-term management and restoration of properties. |
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Key people
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John Lounds, President & CEO |
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Revenue
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$90,201,517.00 |
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Employees
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> 220 |
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Volunteers
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1,800 |
| Website | www.natureconservancy.ca |
The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is Canada's leading national land conservation organization. A private, non-profit organization, NCC partners with individuals, corporations, and other non-profit organizations and governments at all levels to protect Canada's most important natural treasures — the natural areas that sustain Canada’s plants and wildlife. Properties are secured through donation, purchase, conservation agreement and the relinquishment of other legal interests in land and managed for the long term.
Since 1962, NCC and its partners have helped protect 2.8 million acres (more than 1.1 million hectares) of ecologically significant land from coast to coast.
Mission: The Nature Conservancy of Canada leads and inspires others to join us in creating a legacy for future generations by conserving important natural areas and biological diversity across all regions in Canada.
At the heart of NCC’s mission is a respect for nature and a belief that nature’s rich diversity benefits Canada and all Canadians.
NCC envisions a world in which Canadians conserve nature in all its diversity, and safeguard the lands and waters that sustain life.
The Nature Conservancy of Canada's work is led by a team of conservation professionals who use the best available science and information to identify the most critical conservation actions. Using the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation ensures that conservation actions are strategic and result in measureable conservation progress. NCC's conservation process is guided by the following steps, which happen at all scales, from ecoregions, to natural areas, to the properties we protect:
Identifying conservation priorities: First, NCC identifies the important places where we should work, and the species and habitats we need to protect. These are often referred to as “conservation targets” The current health of and the threats to these conservation targets are then determined.
Developing strategies: Next, NCC determines what we need to do to reduce the threats and improve the health of the conservation targets.
Taking action: NCC then works with partners, landowners and volunteers to implement these strategies Actions could include buying land, removing invasive weeds or mapping the location of rare species.
Measuring success: NCC then assesses how effective these actions are and whether they are improving the health of the species and habitats we want to protect and reducing the threats to them. This information is then used to help reassess priorities and actions.
The Nature Conservancy of Canada engages in a wide range of conservation activities across Canada, including:
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