Call for Participation

The Pan-Canadian Biodiversity Best Practices/Case Studies Contest

In advance of the International Year of Biodiversity in 2010, the Canadian Environmental Network launched a Best Practices/Case Studies Contest to gather innovative and effective examples of environmental non-governmental organizations’ (ENGOs) work related to the conservation, sustainable use, and awareness of biodiversity.

The winning case studies and best practices will be featured in a 20-page handbook that will be posted on the RCEN website and distributed to Environment Canada and the Secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Our aim is to include one best practice/case study from each province and territory.

The winning submissions are:

  • BC: Galiano Conservation Association (Restoration of a Young Coastal Douglas-fir Plantation)
  • AB: Alberta Wilderness Association (Hay-Zama Committee on the protection of the Hay-Zama Lakes)
  • SK: Saskatchewan Prairie Conservation Action Plan (Saskatchewan Prairie Conservation Action Plan)
  • MB: Mixedwood Forest Society (Duck Mountain Provincial Park and Porcupine Hills Protected Areas)
  • ON: Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (Steckly Municipal Drain Project)
  • QC: G3E - Groupe d'éducation et d'écosurveillance de l'eau (le programme J’Adopte un cours d’eau)
  • NB: Conservation Council of New Brunswick (Protecting Our Pollinators)
  • NB: Cape Jourimain Nature Centre (Sustainable Tourism and Biodiversity Outreach/Education)
  • NS: IKANAWTIKET (ARISES Aboriginal Peoples participation in Species at Risk)
  • NL: Burin Peninsula Environmental Reform Committee (Organic Community Gardens and Food Security)
  • YT: The Yukon Conservation Society (Ed-Ventures Program for Youth and Guided Hikes Outreach on Biodiversity)
  • NWT: Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society NWT Chapter (Community-based Conservation: The Saoyú ʔehdacho National Historic Site of Canada)

For more information please contact Sarah Heiberg, RCEN National Caucus Coordinator, at sarah@cen-rce.org or at 514-833-9810. 

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