[All] Fw: Support the Declaration to Preserve Ontario's Ecological Integrity

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   ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Ontario Headwaters Institute <andrew at ontarioheadwaters.ca>To: "andrew at ontarioheadwaters.ca" <andrew at ontarioheadwaters.ca>Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 10:06:37 p.m. EDTSubject: Support the Declaration to Preserve Ontario's Ecological Integrity
 
 



  

September 1 Newsletter:     Updates on WaterScape and an Invitation to sign a declaration

  

  

The OHI today released a report on WaterScape III and launched a new, on-going WaterScape program. The report on WaterScape III summarizes input from 165 participants at 6 gatherings and features nine strategic recommendations, with three each on Biodiversity, Resilient Landscapes, and Healthy Waters. 

  

The mission of the new, on-going  WaterScape Program (no Roman numerals) is to facilitate community discussion on the nine strategic recommendations, which we’ve used as the basis for a Declaration to Preserve Ontario’s Ecological Integrity and which we invite you to support. 

  

The key aspects of the Declaration are shown below. You can see the full Declaration and support it at https://waterscape.ca/declaration/.  

  

Preserve Ontario’s Biodiversity by 

Ø  Updating both the Ontario Biodiversity Strategy and its action plan Biodiversity: It’s in Our Nature; 

Ø  Establishing natural heritage targets for all of Ontario; and,

Ø  Requiring natural heritage system planning in municipal official plans across Ontario.

  

Maintain Resilient Landscapes by

Ø  Using the watershed as the appropriate scale for planning for all uses across the province; 

Ø  Re-evaluating the implementation of the government’s housing action plan; and,

Ø  Developing a sustainability lens for land use planning and management.  

  

Protect Healthy Waters by

Ø  Transitioning Ontario to Integrated Watershed Management (IWM); 

Ø  Ensuring a strong, on-going role for conservation authorities in watershed management / IWM; and,

Ø  Creating Regional Water Boards to identify ways to improve IWM and public engagement.

  

Additional outreach is underway. For example, please let us know if you’d like a presentation or discussion on the Declaration. 

We are also developing three provincial webinars, one each on Biodiversity, Resilient Landscapes, and Healthy Waters. The first webinar will be on Biodiversity and will be held during the last two weeks of October. Please stay tuned for more information.

  

Finally, please note that we may be sending more frequent e-mails than in the past between now and the end of October, as we seek support for the Declaration and will want to share information on the October webinar on Biodiversity. 

  

Please have a safe and enjoyable Labour Day weekend and, as always, we look forward to chatting with you downstream.

  

  

Andrew McCammon

Executive Director

416 231 9484

  
  
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