Land trusts and land trust supporters - It’s time to mobilize: Ontario budget 2023 consultations are open until February 10, so act now!
The province is seeking input from everyone, on what they want to see in the 2023 budget. Budget consultations are a critical time to provide recommendations about community and sector priorities.
Ontario Land Trust Alliance is focusing its budget submission on messaging to the Ontario government to encourage positive action for nature, biodiversity, access to natural areas and nature based climate solutions (protecting and restoring key natural areas to store or sequester carbon).
To help you to ...
Land trusts and land trust supporters - It’s time to mobilize: Ontario budget 2023 consultations are open until February 10, so act now!
The province is seeking input from everyone, on what they want to see in the 2023 budget. Budget consultations are a critical time to provide recommendations about community and sector priorities.
Ontario Land Trust Alliance is focusing its budget submission on messaging to the Ontario government to encourage positive action for nature, biodiversity, access to natural areas and nature based climate solutions (protecting and restoring key natural areas to store or sequester carbon).
To help you to share our collective message we have created this draft email for you to personalize and submit. Thank you for your help!!
OLTA and Nature Conservancy of Canada are asking the Government of Ontario to support community land protection efforts by investing $100 million over 4 years to support a renewal and growth of the Greenlands Conservation Partnership Program, including $30 million for community and regional land trusts to support this work.
For Ontario community and local land trusts, this program so far, with $4M (Yrs1 - 3 of a 4 year program), has:
We are asking the government to continue and expand this program and support for private community based land conservation and stewardship, so we can increase our impact and conserve more connected natural spaces, that all life needs.
How you can take action: