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Nature Conservancy

Nature Conservancy. By: Caitlin Taylor, Melanie Vlajkovic and Emily Taylor. By: Caitlin, Melanie and Emily . Vision. protect area’s of biological diversity for the benefit of future generations Purchases, donations and conservation agreements. Mission.

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Nature Conservancy

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  1. Nature Conservancy By: Caitlin Taylor, Melanie Vlajkovic and Emily Taylor By: Caitlin, Melanie and Emily

  2. Vision • protect area’s of biological diversity for the benefit of future generations • Purchases, donations and conservation agreements

  3. Mission • Lead, innovate, use creativity in the conservation of Canada’s natural heritage

  4. History and Origin • Since 1962 NCC and our partners have helped to conserve more than 2 million acres of ecologically significant land • Founded almost 50 years ago • By citizens involved in a private action

  5. Got its name in 1962 • Ontario naturalists realized unless action was taken soon to protect natural spaces, auxileration rhythms of booming economy would soon consume most of the economically significant land in Canada

  6. Success Stories • 1968, first successful project Cavan Swamp and bog • 1972, NCC embarks on the Mud Bay project, first site in British Columbia • 1978, NCC launches Broken Head River Forest Reserve, first project in Manitoba

  7. 2002, celebrated NCC’s 40th anniversary • 2008, NCC exceeds more than 2000 acres, over 800,000 hectares of land protected in Canada

  8. Programs and Activities • Bake sales • Nature walks/picnic • Raffle or auction • Walkathon or bikeathon

  9. Where Your Donations Go

  10. Celebrities Involved • Ryan Reynolds profiles the Grizzly Bear’s battle for survival in the Canadian Rockies amid an expanding web of roads and human development.

  11. Rachel Blanchard explores the landscape of the prairies – which are slipping into silence as the songbirds disappear. • Jason Priestley takes viewers to Canada’s most southern point, the Pelee Region of Ontario - a last oasis for many rare and threatened species.

  12. Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeNEF9zgENc

  13. DONATE NOW

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