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06 ANNUAL REPORT 2018–2019 5. Investment THE LANDMARK CAMPAIGN was introduced to the public at a media event in Toronto in September 2018. NCC staff, partners and supporters joined a number of distinguished Canadians – including Olympic rower Adam van Koeverden and television personality Cheryl Hickey – to announce our largest ever campaign to raise funds for conservation (see p. 27). We inspired more Canadians to support our cause, including 134 new Nature Legacy Society members who planned a gift to NCC in their Wills or estate plans (see p. 26). NCC had over 36,000 donors from the private sector this past fiscal year (individuals, foundations, corporations and organizations). We continued to be prudent with our gifts (78 per cent of our revenue is invested in land, programs and endowments on a five-year average), while making strategic investments to grow our fundraising capacity and technology (see p. 29). 2. Science DR. RYAN NORRIS was appointed as the Weston Family senior scientist in spring 2019. He will advance original research and develop and lead the new Weston Family Conservation Science Fellows Program, which will support conservation leaders of the future. The program will offer hands-on opportunities to graduate students who are studying species at risk, invasive species or effective conservation. 3. Engagement CLOSE TO 3,230 VOLUNTEERS joined us at 234 Conservation Volunteers events from coast to coast. We also held seven NatureTalks events in Vancouver, Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax, as well as 10 regional NatureTalks. 4. Partnerships AFTER MORE THAN a decade of significant conservation accomplishments, our partnership with the Government of Canada was renewed in spring 2019 as the Natural Heritage Conservation Program (see p.7). NCC introduced the Indigenous Engagement Framework, after significant consideration and consultation. The framework will guide our work with Indigenous communities and individuals.
A STRONG PARTNERSHIP FOR NATURE Working together with the Government of Canada, Ducks Unlimited Canada and local land trusts 07 ANNUAL REPORT 2018–2019 This fiscal year we closed the book on the Natural Areas Conservation Program (NACP). For 12 years the unique public-private partnership was a model of environmental leadership. The Government of Canada‘s NACP investment of $345 million was matched 2:1 in non–federal funds, for a total conservation outcome of over $1 billion. The NACP allowed the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and its partners, Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and local land trusts, to conserve more than 550,000 hectares (1.3 million acres) across the country – an area almost as big as Banff National Park. Though NACP funds expired in spring 2019, the program’s momentum will not be lost. When the federal government sought proposals for a new $100-million conservation initiative, NCC and partners applied and were successful. We will oversee the new Natural Heritage Conservation Program (NHCP), working closely with partners DUC, the Canadian Land Trust Working Group and Wildlife Habitat Canada. We look forward to an exciting four-year program, through which we will conserve and care for an additional 200,000 hectares (more than 490,000 acres), contributing directly to Canada’s commitment to conserve at least 17 per cent of our terrestrial and freshwater habitat. NACP program achievements since 2007 The NHCP places a focus on protecting habitat for the recovery of species listed under the Species at Risk Act. The new program will also advance collaboration for conservation. It will support partnerships with Indigenous communities for conservation planning, stewardship and securement. It will also help to develop capacity within Canada’s land trust movement. As with the NACP, the match requirement is again 2:1. The NHCP partners are ready to work with Canadians to raise and invest an additional $200 million of non-federal funding to ensure the program’s success. • SUPPORTED THE CONSERVATION of more than 550,000 hectares (1.3 million acres); • PROTECTED HABITAT FOR 29 per cent of COSEWIC-assessed species at risk*; • PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS within 100 kilometres of 93 per cent of Canadians; • CREATED NATURAL CONNECTIONS: 80 per cent of NACP-conserved properties are within two kilometres of other protected areas; and • CONNECTED MORE CANADIANS than ever before with our country’s rich natural habitats and species. *Species at risk includes COSEWIC-assessed and SARA-listed (Schedule 1) taxa designated as endangered, threatened or special concern. COSEWIC - Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. SARA - Species at Risk Act. Since 1962, working with our partners and supporters, we have helped conserve 14M hectares (35M acres), more than 20x the size of Banff National Park (6,641 square kilometres)
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06<br />
ANNUAL REPORT 2018–2019<br />
5. Investment<br />
THE LANDM<strong>AR</strong>K CAMPAIGN was introduced to the public at a media event in<br />
Toronto in September 2018. <strong>NCC</strong> staff, partners and supporters joined a number<br />
of distinguished Canadians – including Olympic rower Adam van Koeverden and<br />
television personality Cheryl Hickey – to announce our largest ever campaign to<br />
raise funds for conservation (see p. 27).<br />
We inspired more Canadians to support our cause, including 134 new Nature Legacy<br />
Society members who planned a gift to <strong>NCC</strong> in their Wills or estate plans (see p. 26).<br />
<strong>NCC</strong> had over 36,000 donors from the private sector this past fiscal year (individuals,<br />
foundations, corporations and organizations).<br />
We continued to be prudent with our gifts (78 per cent of our revenue is invested<br />
in land, programs and endowments on a five-year average), while making strategic<br />
investments to grow our fundraising capacity and technology (see p. 29).<br />
2. Science<br />
DR. RYAN NORRIS was appointed as the<br />
Weston Family senior scientist in spring 2019.<br />
He will advance original research and develop<br />
and lead the new Weston Family Conservation<br />
Science Fellows Program, which will support<br />
conservation leaders of the future. The program<br />
will offer hands-on opportunities to graduate<br />
students who are studying species at risk,<br />
invasive species or effective conservation.<br />
3. Engagement<br />
CLOSE TO 3,230 VOLUNTEERS joined<br />
us at 234 Conservation Volunteers events<br />
from coast to coast. We also held seven<br />
NatureTalks events in Vancouver, Calgary,<br />
Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and<br />
Halifax, as well as 10 regional NatureTalks.<br />
4. Partnerships<br />
AFTER MORE THAN a decade of significant<br />
conservation accomplishments, our partnership<br />
with the Government of Canada was<br />
renewed in spring 2019 as the Natural Heritage<br />
Conservation Program (see p.7).<br />
<strong>NCC</strong> introduced the Indigenous Engagement<br />
Framework, after significant consideration<br />
and consultation. The framework will guide<br />
our work with Indigenous communities<br />
and individuals.
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