Tell Canada to turn promises to actual protection for nature |

It’s time. We are calling on you, once again, to join with CPAWS and use your voice to defend nature.

Over the past 14 months, we’ve seen historic momentum on conservation. Encouraging steps are being taken to ensure nature is thriving for our children and grandchildren:

In December 2022, at COP 15, a global deal to save biodiversity was struck when countries around the world agreed to the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).
In February, numerous commitments were made to safeguard the ocean at the Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5).
In May, CPAWS was heartened by the collaboration between Federal, Provincial, Territorial and other governments that committed to work together to achieve the goals of the GBF.
In July, you joined almost 4,000 CPAWS supporters that urged Canada to draft a national biodiversity strategy that prioritizes Indigenous-led conservation, is bold and ambitious, and ensures all branches of government are working together.

Your voice matters and we need your help again.

As one of our most active supporters, we know we can count on you to take action when nature needs you to.

In December, the federal government released a milestones document that shared the framework for the national biodiversity strategy. We need to keep focus and momentum on this critical planning to ensure Canada meets its commitment to halt and reverse biodiversity loss, including by protecting at least 30% of land, freshwater and ocean by 2030 so nature, and our children and grandchildren, can thrive into the future.

We need you to remind the federal decision makers that they must keep driving the hard work of turning promises into protection for land and ocean in Canada.

The National Biodiversity Strategy offers one of the biggest opportunities to protect nature in our history. Twenty Canadian environmental NGOs, including CPAWS, have come together to provide recommendations to government decision makers to ensure the National Biodiversity Strategy is constructed for success and is the best possible framework to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. You can read the joint recommendations here. Now, environmental organizations are asking our respective supporters to use their powerful, collective voice to tell Canada it can’t stop now. We’ve drafted a letter you can easily send to federal government leadership in charge of safeguarding biodiversity by clicking the link below to tell them that we need bold, ambitious action by all government departments that is adequately supported by long-term funding and puts Indigenous-led conservation at the top of Canada’s plan for nature.

Send a message with this easy form:

Your letter with be sent to the Prime Minister of Canada,
the Minister of Environment and Climate Change,
the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard,
the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, and
the Minister of Finance
We encourage you to customize your letter to make it more personal, or write your own letter for even more impact! 

Minister

Steven

Guilbeault

Environment and Climate Change Canada

Prime Minister

Justin

Trudeau

Government of Canada / Gouvernment du Canada

Minister

Jonathan

Wilkinson

Ministry of Natural Resources Canada

Minister

Diane

Lebouthillier

Minister

Chrystia

Freeland

Finance

Dear Prime Minister and Ministers responsible for safeguarding nature,

I am writing today to underline how important it is to me that Canada keep its promise to deliver a National Biodiversity Strategy that will combat the biodiversity crisis and put nature on the path to recovery.

We have all seen the unprecedented and imminent danger that nature loss and climate change pose to our environment, species and communities alike. These twin crises require urgent action. Neither can be overlooked any further. It’s critical that Canada begins to take them equally seriously, with adequate long term funding and all of the government working together to address them both.

You have said for years that the environment and the economy go hand in hand. If our ecosystems fail, we lose everything. As Canada’s leaders you have committed to halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030 and putting nature on a path to full recovery by 2050.

To make this goal a reality, Canada needs a comprehensive strategy and action plan to protect nature, informed by science and Indigenous Peoples, and backed by an all-of-government approach to recovering nature.

In Canada, we are lucky to still be surrounded by globally significant ocean, land, and freshwater ecosystems that sustain our communities and our planet. An ambitious and well-designed National Biodiversity Strategy will give us the tools to recover and responsibly safeguard them for our children and grandchildren.

Please deliver on this critical promise before it’s too late.

Sincerely,

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