What do we hope to achieve?
The overarching goals of this project are to develop methods, tools, and processes that enhance existing capabilities to identify areas of biodiversity loss and to evaluate actions that increase the long-term resilience of wildlife habitat and supporting pathways of ecological connectivity. Through collaboration with biodiversity conservation experts and strategic partnerships with local and regional governments, First Nations, and Provincial/ Federal Agencies, we aim to:
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Promote Shared Understanding: by leveraging the strengths of both Western and Indigenous ways of
knowing and the insights they provide about the root causes and historical trends of biodiversity loss in our region. -
Enhance Wildlife Connectivity: by identifying the best available routes to maintain pathways of wildlife movement and enhance ecosystem resilience for the broadest possible range of native species.
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Empower Biodiversity Conservation Planning: by establishing an authoritative base of evidence and the capacities needed to develop conservation strategies that effectively safeguard vulnerable habitat and pathways of wildlife movement through an ongoing process of adaptive land management.
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Photo by Brian Aikens: A female grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) resting by the roadside in the Callaghan Valley.