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INCREASING FSC USE IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
EcoImpact, Toronto, $30,000 Encouraging
use of FSC products in the construction of low-rise residences and
commercial buildings by identifying barriers in the wood supply
chain.
CONTINUING
DEVELOPMENT OF THE FSC SYSTEM IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ONTARIO
Muskoka Heritage Foundation (Westwind Forest Stewardship),
Bracebridge, $20,000 Collaborating with provincial
policy-makers, industry and academics to increase protected areas
and improve sustainable management of Nova Scotia’s forests
BOREAL CAMPAIGN
Sage Foundation (ForestEthics), Vancouver, $100,000
Increasing the supply of FSC-certified wood and creating enhanced
market connections for FSC products in British Columbia working
with a First Nations forest operation.
GREENING NORTH AMERICA'S NEWSPAPERS
Sage Foundation (Markets Initiative), Vancouver, $180,000
(over 2 years) Using satellite imagery, on-the-ground
verification and GIS analysis to identify and map the extent of
industrial changes to Canada’s forests in order to identify the
extent and location of remaining intact forest areas. LEVERAGING
FSC "ON THE GROUND" IN BC
Sage Foundation (Markets Initiative), Vancouver, $180,000
(over 2 years) Advancing Forest Stewardship Council
aims by: fostering links between wood producers in northern Ontario
to manufacturers and distributors in southern Ontario; and delivering
information and training to Ontario forest managers considering
FSC certification.
BOREAL
FOREST PROGRAM
Wildlands League, Toronto, $80,000 Developing
key messages and a communications plan to enable the launch of the
strategic plan for the Two Countries/One Forest (2C1 Forest) initiative
in northeastern North America.
ACHIEVING
PERMANENT PROTECTION FOR CANADA'S FORESTS
World Wildlife Fund Canada, Toronto, $50,000
$75,000 Promoting forest sustainability in Québec
through protected areas establishment, ecosystem-based management,
caribou habitat protection, and promotion of FSC certification.
POLICY & LAW GRANTS
Canada is one of only three countries in the
world with large, intact (i.e. undeveloped) forests. Russia and
Brazil are the other two. That leaves Canada with an important global
obligation to protect fundamental ecological functions within forests
at scale. Two critical ecological functions are providing habitat
for endangered woodland caribou and serving as a globally significant
carbon reservoir, helping mitigate the effects of climate change.
In 2007 over $600,000 was granted to nine organizations working
to achieve gains in protected areas in Canada, including four important
regional collaborations.
WOODLAND CARIBOU AND CARBON PROJECT
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Ottawa, $100,000
Raising community awareness and understanding of boreal forest issues
through ecotourism studies and targeted public and media outreach.
COLIN
STEWART FOREST FORUM
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Halifax, $40,000
Communicating opportunities to protect Ontario’s boreal forest to
policy-makers, media and the public.
PROMOTING
AN ECOSYSTEM VISION FOR QUÉBEC FORESTRY
Sierra Club of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, $40,000
Working to support the development of recovery strategies under
Canada’s Species at Risk Act to conserve several key forest-dwelling
species, including woodland caribou and grizzly bear.
CAMPAIGN
TO SAVE THE ACADIAN FOREST
Sierra Legal Defence Fund,Toronto, Ontario $85,000
Supporting boreal conservation in Ontario through legal means
and investigating the sustainability claims of the Canadian Standards
Association and Sustainable Forest Initiative forest certification
regimes.
PROTECTING
CANADA'S BOREAL ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH LEGAL ACTION
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Montréal,
$50,000 Providing support for the Poplar River land-use
plan in Manitoba and supporting western energy and land-use planning
discussions and with the conservation community and grantmakers.
IMPLEMENTATION
OF A COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY
West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation, Vancouver,
BC $50,000 Developing a collaborative strategy
to expand the adoption of FSC-certified forests in British Columbia.
SHIFTING
TO SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE BOREAL FOREST AND PROTECTING KEY
WILD AREAS IN QUEBEC
Nature Québec (Aux Arbres Citoyens), Québec,
$70,000
Completing the provincial protected areas network and encouraging
sustainable forest management.
BOREAL
FOREST FORUM II: CLIMATE CHANGE AND CANADIAN FOREST
Ducks Unlimited, Edmonton, $30,000
Increasing science and policy literacy and identifying
policy measures related to forest conservation and climate change.
IMPLEMENTING
ECOSYSTEM-BASED FOREST MANAGEMENT IN QUÉBEC'S WILDLIFE RESERVES
Nature Québec, Québec, $100,000
Working towards a new sustainable forestry plan for the Laurentides
Wildlife Reserve, as a provincial pilot project for Québec’s
wildlife reserve system.
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9 CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Agora Foundation, Toronto, Ontario $75,000
Showcasing Canadian and International music, theatre, dance,
film, design, literature and architecture.
CHASE
MCEACHERN TRIBUTE FUND
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario,Toronto, Ontario
$10,000 Supporting research-derived knowledge to
improve quality of life after stroke.
SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE
Richard Ivey School of Business, London, Ontario $300,000
(over two years) Support for Ivey's Unrestricted
Endowment Matching Program which will help strengthen the School's
long-term funding stability.
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The Foundation recognizes the importance of
providing strategic, time-sensitive grants to support organizational
development, the convening of colleagues, and to enhance institutional
capacity in the environmental and philanthropic sectors. Climate
change has emerged as perhaps the single greatest threat facing
ecological and human systems. Forests in Canada are already experiencing
the devastating effects of climate change, with the mountain pine
beetle infestation destroying 80 percent of B.C.’s interior forests.
The Foundation has taken a lead in convening conservation and climate
organizations to address the complex science and policy issues related
to forests and climate change. Capacity grant and support for a
forum to introduce foundations to environmental policy development
in Canada. Canadian Environmental Grantmakers’ Network (CEGN), Toronto,
Ontario, $10,000 Capacity grant and support for a forum to introduce
foundations to environmental policy development in Canada.
POLICY
FORUM AND SUSTAINING MEMBER
Canadian Forestry Association, Pembroke, Ontario, $5,000
Support for the Congress with a theme of Sustainable Land
Management in the Boreal:A Global Challenge.
FORESTS
AND CARBON SCIENTISTS' WORKSHOP
Conservation Council of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New
Brunswick, $10,000 Addressing the legacy of metal contamination
in northern New Brunswick.
PREVENTING POLLUTION: ACHIEVING AN EFFECTIVE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION ACT (CEPA) II
Environmental Defence Canada, Toronto, Ontario, $80,000
Strengthening the effectiveness of pollution prevention legislation
in Canada.
LAND
USE VISION FOR ALBERTA
Nature Canada, Ottawa, Ontario $10,000 Seeking
strong implementation of the federal endangered species law.
ORGANIZATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
S.O.S.
COALITION: LINKING ENDANGERED SPECIES AND BOREAL CAMPAIGNS
Ontario Nature,Toronto, Ontario, $5,000 Communicating
the benefits of compact urban growth in the Greater Golden Horseshoe.
ORGANIZATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Pollution Probe Foundation, Toronto, Ontario, $49,000
Strengthening the effectiveness of pollution prevention
legislation in Canada.
2007
MEMBERSHIP
Philanthropic Foundations Canada, Montréal, Québec,
$10,440 Annual membership renewal for 2007.
MAINTAINING
MOMENTUM BEYOND CEPA REVIEW
Sustainability Network, Toronto, Ontario, $5,000 Hosting
a three-day conference for forest conservationists to discuss boreal
forest issues.
ORGANIZATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Tides Canada Foundation, Vancouver, British Columbia $19,000
Developing a plan to communicate shared environmental
priorities to the public and political leaders during the preparations
for the 2007 Ontario provincial election.
PAPER
CUT
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario $5,000
Teaching management and leadership skills to recently graduated
conservation professionals.
INCREASING
INVESTMENT IN RESEARCH INTO MARKET-ORIENTED APPROACHES TO ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario $7,500
Increasing knowledge about environmental taxation and ecological
fiscal reform.
CAPACITY
BUILDING IN ATLANTIC CANADA AND 10TH ANNIVERSARY
World Wildlife Fund Canada, Toronto, Ontario $12,000
Improving communications between conservation, government and industry
decision-makers.
ONTARIO
ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES 2007
World Wildlife Fund Canada, Toronto, Ontario $12,000
Improving communications between conservation, government and industry
decision-makers.
FSC
MARKET STUDY
World Wildlife Fund Canada, Toronto, Ontario $12,000
Improving communications between conservation, government and industry
decision-makers.
A
GLOBAL VISION OF FORESTRY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
World Wildlife Fund Canada, Toronto, Ontario $12,000
Improving communications between conservation, government and industry
decision-makers.
FSC
– IIDEX EVENT
World Wildlife Fund Canada, Toronto, Ontario $12,000
Improving communications between conservation, government and industry
decision-makers.
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