Promote the integration of wetland conservation into land-use planning and development processes to support healthy watersheds and minimize habitat fragmentation, pollution, and other impacts on wetland ecosystems.
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Advocating for the inclusion, use, and advancement of nature-based solutions and natural infrastructure as essential tools that help mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change while providing economic, social, and ecological benefits to Canadians.
Accelerate investments to complete national geospatial inventories and advance understandings of where conservation and restoration can yield the greatest returns.
Establishing a National Environmental Goods & Services (EG&S) program which focuses on longer-term conservation and promotes the retention of natural wetlands, grasslands, and forests.
Offering financial incentives for producers and landowners to enroll in wetland and grassland conservation programs for habitat enhancement and stewardship activities.
Establishing payment for ecosystem services (PES) programs that compensate landowners for the carbon sequestration, water purification, and flood control benefits provided by wetlands.
Advance Canada’s commitments under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework including the creation and implementation of a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.
Create pathways for and support Indigenous-led land conservation and stewardship initiatives and Indigenous leadership in conservation.
Support policies that promote landscape-level conservation planning and connectivity to maintain ecological integrity and resilience.
Promoting the adoption of agri-environmental practices/programs that provide financial incentives to producers to conserve wetlands and enhance biodiversity.
Supporting policies that prioritize the protection and restoration of wetlands as natural infrastructure for climate resilience.