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PROGRESS
TOWARDS IMPROVED CANADIAN FOREST POLICY AND PROTECTION: A STATUS
REPORT
Federation of Alberta Naturalists (Global Forest Watch Canada),
Edmonton, $20,000
Collection of data related to Canada’s protected areas, forest-related
policy and law, and market initiatives.
GROWING AN FSC LAND-BASE
Muskoka Heritage Foundation (Westwind Forest Stewardship),
Bracebridge, $30,000
Offering technical expertise and relevant information about FSC
to receptive forestry companies and new co-op SFLs.
THE
DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR FOREST CARBON MARKET POLICIES
IN CANADA
Pembina Foundation, Drayton Valley, $50,000
Investigating the feasibility of, and methodology for, including
the forest sector in a
greenhouse gas emissions cap and trade system and developing guiding
principles for the inclusion of forests in a carbon offset standard.
BOREAL FOREST CAMPAIGN
Sage Foundation (ForestEthics), Vancouver, $140,000
Promoting use of FSC-certified products, and encouraging the Government
of Ontario to protect woodland caribou habitat and undertake northern
land use planning.
IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY COMPONENTS OF FSC'S NATIONAL BOREAL STANDARD
World Wildlife Fund Canada (Borealis), Toronto, $50,000
Completing a technical review of the approved FSC Boreal Standard.
POLICY & LAW GRANTS
CONSERVATION FOR CARIBOU AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Ottawa, $100,000
Working with governments and industry to increase forest conservation
as a strategy to adapt to global warming and as a means of saving
Canada’s endangered woodland caribou.
THE
ATHABASCA HEARTLAND CONSERVATION PROJECT
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Edmonton, $30,000
Participating in the land-use planning process and promoting the
formal designation of candidate protected areas.
EXPLORING
NEW BOREAL CONSERVATION SOLUTIONS IN ONTARIO'S FAR NORTH AND WITH
CANADA'S FOREST SECTOR
Ducks Unlimited (Canadian Boreal Initiative), Edmonton,
$147,000
Supporting ENGO collaboration in support of the Ontario Government’s
northern boreal announcement and constructive dialogue between the
conservation and forestry sectors.
SARA
FIVE-YEAR REVIEW CAMPAIGN
Ecojustice Canada, Toronto, $150,000 (over two years)
Strengthening the federal Species at Risk Act through a
coalition made up of the David Suzuki Foundation, Environmental
Defence Canada, Ecojustice, and Nature Canada.
COLIN
STEWART FOREST FORUM
Ecology Action Centre, Halifax, $50,000
A multi-stakeholder forum designed to reach consensus on protected
areas established in Nova Scotia.
HARNESSING
THE WESTERN CLIMATE INITIATIVE FOR FOREST CONSERVATION
Ecotrust Canada, Vancouver, $50,000
Promoting new rules regarding the use of forest carbon offsets in
regional carbon emission cap and trade systems designed in a manner
that achieves real carbon emission reductions and conservation of
forest biodiversity.
SHIFTING TO A NEW ERA OF FOREST CONSERVATION IN QUEBEC
Nature Québec (Citoyens pour la nature), Québec,
$100,000
Protecting forests and promoting sustainable forestry throughout
the province.
SAFEGUARDING
NORTHERN BIODIVERSITY IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Ontario Nature, Toronto, $100,000
Protecting Ontario’s boreal forest through land-use planning, legislative
reform, and collaborative efforts with the forestry industry.
PROMOTION
OF STRUCTURAL CHANGE TO LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN ALBERTA:
RESPONSE TO THE GOVERNMENT'S DRAFT LAND-USE FRAMEWORK
Pembina Foundation, Drayton Valley, $25,000
Promoting the adoption of an integrated, planning-based, policy
framework for land and resource management in Alberta.
PROTECTING
FORESTS MEANS PROTECTD WATERSHEDS
Sage Foundation (Water Matters), Vancouver, $30,000
Increasing the understanding of the links between water resources
and forest ecosystems in Alberta as part of land-use planning.
CARBON
FOR CONSERVATION
Wildlands League, Toronto, $60,000
Exploring how forestry and other industrial operations impact carbon
storage in the boreal and determining appropriate policies and management
regimes.
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RESTART
A HEART - RESTART A LIFE
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, $15,000
BOREAL
FOREST ECOSYSTEM EXHIBIT
Royal Ontario Museum Foundation, $200,000 (over
three years)
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GRANTMAKERS
MEETING AND SUSTAINING MEMBER
Canadian Environmental Grantmakers’ Network, Toronto,
$10,000
REVIEW OF THE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT
Environmental Defence Canada, Toronto, $50,000
GREEN
BUDGET COALITION
Nature Canada, Ottawa, $10,000
2008
MEMBERSHIP
Philanthropic Foundations Canada, Montréal,
$11,543
POWER-UP
CANADA
Tides Canada Foundation, Vancouver, $100,000
SUSTAINABLE
PROSPERITY: CARBON PRICING AND FOREST IMPACTS
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, $20,000
ADVANCING
CARIBOU CONSERVATION
Wildlife Conservation Canada, Toronto, $33,000
FSC
CANADA PROGRESS EVALUATION
World Wildlife Fund Canada, Toronto, $31,500
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