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e-5145

Petition to the Government of Canada

Whereas:
  • Canada has committed to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework’s 23 targets and released Canada’s 2030 Nature Strategy to advance these targets;
  • Canada has pledged to protect 30% of Canada’s land and waters by 2030;
  • Canada has already protected significant tracts of ecologically sensitive land through the Natural Heritage Conservation Program (NHCP), but has not yet met its targets;
  • Funding for the NHCP comes to an end in March 2026;
  • Nature loss is most acute in the southern parts of the country, where development pressures render ecologically-intact land increasingly scarce and costly;
  • 150 local and regional land trusts protect hundreds of thousands of hectares of Canada’s most endangered landscapes, particularly in the south; and
  • Local and regional land trusts are deeply rooted in their communities, providing connections between people, communities, and nature.
We, the undersigned, residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to increase support to local and regional land trusts by:
1. Extending the NHCP - Land Trusts Conservation Fund beyond 2026;
2. Renaming and redesigning the NHCP - Land Trusts Conservation Fund to a Southern Landscapes Fund and investing $25 million per year for five years to support local and regional land trusts in southern Canada in acquiring private land and implementing projects that address multiple, interconnected biodiversity priorities; and
3. Creating a $150 million endowment fund, the Canada Conservation Investment Fund, that will create a long-term funding stream to strengthen the capacity of local and regional land trusts to care for natural spaces in perpetuity.

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