Provincial / National Hotspot

• > 153 Species At Risk (SAR)

• 77% of Ontario total

• 25% of all Canadian SAR

Since 1984

Carolinian Canada Coalition

• To preserve, protect and restore the ecosystems, flora and fauna of the Carolinian Life Zone in southwestern Ontario…

• To conduct research… and disseminate the results...

• To… increase the public's understanding of the importance of conserving the natural features…

Carolinian Canada Strategic Plan

Catalyzing Effective Action • Innovative Partnerships • Capacity-building Outreach

Promoting a Researched

Understanding• Woodland Recovery

• Big Picture Monitoring • Carolinian Research Network

Networking for Stewardship & Sustainability

• Environment & Sustainability Forum• Growing Network

Building aViable

Coalition• Board Capacity• Budget Growth

= Healthy Ecosystems= Healthy Landscapes= Thriving Communities

The Big Picture

Carolinian Woodland Recovery StrategyEfficient Recovery for 500+ rare elements

Connecting Wild & Human Communities

An Ecosystem Model

COORDINATION, COLLABORATION, INTEGRATION

CURRENT STATUS (January 2013)CCC Conservation Action Plan Network

Completed by CCC & partners; in implementation phase

Ausable - Kettle Point -

Pinery

Essex Forests & Wetlands / Pt. Pelee

Western Lake Erie Islands

Norfolk Sand Plain

Upper Thames

Skunks Misery

Hamilton - Burlington

Short Hills

NiagaraRiver Corridor

Grand River Forests

St. Clair Coastal

SydenhamRiver

Rondeau – Erie Coast

RougeValley

Elgin Greenway

Six Nations

Completed by NCC

In progress (CCC & partners)

Future CAPs

Lower Thames

Community LeadersHigh Priority Actions for

Biodiversity Hotspots

Landowner LeadersCultivating Pride in Rarities

Supporting the Leaders

Youth Leaders Greening the Future

Outreach LeadersConnecting Habitat Partners

For Greater Impact

Focus on the Coast

EcosystemRecoveryLeaders

Strong FriendsConnect and grow the conservation community in meaningful ways

Grow Wild! Leaders Provide sound information and useful tools to enhance and restore habitat

Biodiversity HotspotsWork with priority partners to recover and monitor a functioning ecological system

of habitat cores and corridors

Big PictureCoordinate a Big Picture conservation strategy for thriving landscapes

= Healthy Ecosystems= Healthy Landscapes= Thriving Communities

The Big Picture

The Issues

1. Big Picture Update- Linking “Local Pictures”- Climate change- Ecosystem services- Stewardship- New science / technology / analyses- Are we making progress? How? What are the

gaps?- Link local to ecoregional to global monitoring

The Issues

2. Ecosystem Values- Rewards for healthy habitats?- Is regulation our only tool?- Inspire an intuitive understanding - Share stories – the power of oral history- Catalyze a seismic shift in perception- How much is a healthy future worth?

The Issues

3. Who is leading?- Government?- Greenies?- Innovators?- Networkers?- Economy?- The kids?- Coordination, Coordination, Coordination

What are we waiting for?

We need to be the strong, resilient community we want to build

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