The Ontario group goes nationwide ‘to attain the best potential outcomes from coast to coast to coast’
NEWS RELEASE
FORESTS CANADA
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Since 2007, Forests Ontario has facilitated the planting of 46.5 million bushes, enhancing 900,000 hectares of related forest landscapes by way of over 8,000 restoration initiatives throughout 10 provinces.
Now, Forests Ontario is turning into Forests Canada to broaden the scope of its operations, whereas inspiring collaboration and funding to raised preserve, restore and develop forests right now and for future generations.
“As Forests Canada, we are working to improve biodiversity and the connectivity of forested landscapes, increase much-needed wildlife habitat, fight the effects of climate change, and foster a connection to our forests — all while supporting local economies across Canada,” Jess Kaknevicius, CEO, Forests Canada, says.
“We are taking our decades of knowledge and experience creating and supporting diverse, thriving forests in Ontario and applying it on a national scale to achieve the greatest possible outcomes from coast to coast to coast.”
“The board of directors of Forests Ontario has clearly recognized the need to strengthen relationships nationwide and embrace economies of scale,” Malcolm Cockwell, chair of Forests Canada, says. “By becoming Forests Canada, we are poised to make a positive impact in more communities than ever before.”
Over many years, the charity has constructed sturdy relationships with a complete community of skilled companions and specialists — from seed collectors and nurseries to planting companions, forest professionals, members, and donors — who understood the transformative energy of wholesome forests.
Through the previous yr, Forests Ontario and its current nationwide division, Forest Restoration Canada, supported the planting of 1.9 million bushes in Ontario in addition to 380,000-plus in Alberta, 200,000-plus in Nova Scotia, 70,000-plus in British Columbia, 60,000-plus in New Brunswick, and 5,000-plus in Manitoba.
“We are proud of our accomplishments across Canada this year, including supporting the restoration of ecosystems after wildfires and extreme wind events, and we are looking forward to finding new collaborators so that we can accomplish even more,” Cockwell says.
“Forests Canada is connecting with local Indigenous communities, conservation organizations, private enterprises, and environmental non-governmental organizations as well as hiring new field services co-ordinators so that we can rely on local expertise in provinces across the country.”
Though Forests Canada has a brand new nationwide identify and broadened scope, it stays devoted to its academic and outreach applications in Ontario. The group will proceed working with its native and regional planting companions to considerably cut back the price of large-scale tree planting, facilitating elevated forest cowl and guaranteeing such initiatives are extra inexpensive for landowners and municipalities throughout the nation.
“The qualities that made Forests Ontario special will continue to define Forests Canada: our investment in seed, the training and infrastructure we provide to our planting partners, our ability to engage with schools and communities to inspire the next generation of forest stewards, and our commitment to long-term forest health,” Kaknevicius says.
“We couldn’t have reached this point without the generous support of individual donors, corporate partners, our members, as well as municipal, provincial, and federal levels of government. On behalf of my colleagues at Forests Canada, I thank these stakeholders and invite new partners to reach out to us so that we can conserve, restore, and grow Canada’s forests together.”
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