Ontario Biodiversity Council Membership

The Ontario Biodiversity Council was created pursuant to Action Item #8 in Protecting What Sustains Us: Ontario's Biodiversity Strategy. The Council is composed of volunteer members who are to guide the implementation of Ontario's Biodiversity Strategy and to:

• Involve the public, Aboriginal peoples, and a wide range of stakeholders in identifying a set of annual implementation priorities;
• Coordinate implementation planning in association with other groups (e.g., Education and Awareness Task Team (Action Item #1), Biodiversity Stewardship Working Group (Action Item #3), and Ontario Biodiversity Science Forum (Action Item #28));
• Build shared accountability by encouraging improved partnerships and collaboration to advance implementation;
• Evaluate progress and report on implementation annually, with emphasis on the year's priorities;
• Lead a five-year review of the strategy and its implementation,
• and prepare an updated strategy for 2010-2015.

Ontario Biodiversity Council Members

Jon K. Grant
Chair

John Beaucage Union of Ontario Indians www.anishinabek.ca Linda Jeffrey Ministry of Natural Resources www.mnr.gov.on.ca Julie Cayley Ducks Unlimited Canada www.ducks.ca Sue Chiblow Chiefs of Ontario www.chiefs-of-ontario.org George Finney Bird Studies Canada www.bsc-eoc.org Jackie Fraser AG Care www.agcare.org Carla Grant Ontario Forestry Association www.oforest.on.ca Steve Hounsell Ontario Power Generation www.opg.com Scott Jackson Ontario Forest Industries Association www.ofia.com Jamie Lim Ontario Forest Industries Association www.ofia.com Don McCabe Ontario Federation of Agriculture www.ofa.on.ca

Moreen Miller Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association http://www.ontariossga.com Don Pearson Conservation Ontario www.conservation-ontario.on.ca Terry Rees Federation of Ontario Cottagers' Associations www.foca.on.ca Terry Quinney Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters www.ofah.org Caroline Schultz Ontario Nature www.ontarionature.org Tattersall Smith Chair, Biodiversity Science Forum www.forestry.utoronto.ca Mark Stabb Nature Conservancy of Canada www.natureconservancy.ca Adrianna Stech Ontario Mining Association www.oma.on.ca L.G. "Len" Ugarenko Wildlife Habitat Canada www.whc.org Tom Whillans Trent University www.trentu.ca Building Industry & Land Development Association www.bildgta.ca

Further Reading

Interim Report on Ontario's Biodivesity

In May 2008, the Ontario Biodiversity Council released the Interim Report on Ontario's Biodiversity. This interim report is an important milestone towards reporting on the state of Ontario's biodiversity in 2010. The interim report is not a comprehensive report, but instead is a gathering of information from existing sources, presented in plain language and illustrated with focus stories. The goal of the interim report is to initiate the process leading to the 2010 report. The interim report contains background information on Ontario's biodiversity, a discussion of threats to biodiversity and a description of some of the efforts underway across Ontario to conserve biodiversity. Download a copy.

State of Ontario's Biodiversity 2010

In 2010, the Ontario Biodiversity Council will release the first state of Ontario's biodiversity report. This report contributes to action 33 in Ontario's Biodiversity Strategy and provides an overall assessment of the province's ecosystems, species and genetic diversity, as well as describing the conditions and factors that affect biodiversity. The 2010 report will be a baseline report bringing together information from various sources into a common format. Ontario's report will be part of a global effort to report on biodiversity throughout the world, as part of the United Nations' International Year for Biological Diversity.

Ontario's Biodiversity Poster

To download a copy of a poster developed by the Ontario Biodiversity Council and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, please click here.

Our Strategic Direction

Download an outline of council's vision, values, and description of success.