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The Fauna Foundation is a privately run, government-certified, non-profit organization committed to issues of animal welfare and is currently home to 12 former biomedical laboratory chimpanzees. Adopt-a-Chimp is a fundraising program that raises money for enrichment of their lives.

The Galiano Conservancy Association is a community-based non-profit society and registered charity founded in 1989 and dedicated to protecting the natural and human environment of Galiano Island, British Columbia. The Conservancy is one of BC's first land trusts, and owns and protects several environmentally sensitive properties on Galiano. We also provide a variety of environmental education programs, and have active projects in the areas of conservation mapping and ecological restoration. In addition we maintain an extensive library and resource collection to which the public has access.

Our Nature Centre is the only one in the Skeena Region and is run entirely by volunteers. We keep regular summer hours and welcome schools, visitors and residents to the Centre. We also host art shows and displays and speak at public hearings on matters related to the protection of habitat.

We are a volunteer group drawn from all walks of life, devoted to the preservation and advancement of the Aviary and the care and breeding of its birds. Since our start in 1992 we have gone on to become a registered charity in 2000.

The Rivershed Society of British Columbia (RSBC) was formed in 1996, in the wake of Fin Donnelly’s first 1,400 kilometre Fraser River swim. For the past decade, the RSBC has been delivering educational and leadership programs, creating public awareness, building stewardship capacity, and promoting sustainable solutions throughout BC’s riversheds. Healthy riversheds are key to sustainability, but human activity is the major factor contributing to the loss of biodiversity within these ecosystems. With over four million people now living in B.C.’s riversheds, resources are being extracted, exported and consumed faster than they are being replenished. This is why we need to educate emergent leaders, so that they too can make a difference and have access to sustainable choices in order to contribute to maintaining rivershed biodiversity.

Les amis de la montagne is a registered, charitable organization, founded in 1986 in Montreal, Quebec. Four strategic orientations guide Les amis’ activities to realize its mission to be: 1. A unifying force for Mount Royal, responsive to the community’s interests; 2. The reference organization for education about and interpretation of difference aspects of Mount Royal; 3. A lead player in the conservation of the historic and natural heritage of Mount Royal; 4. A primary actor in the enhancement of Mount Royal and in the development of services and programs that respond to community needs while respecting the objectives of protecting the mountain.

About the Gut Conservation Area The Gut Conservation Area is a 162 ha site located eleven kilometers east of Apsley on concession 1, in the extreme northern corner of Lake Township, County of Hastings. The land is rugged with many outcrops of Precambrian rocks interspersed with dense bush and a mixed hardwood forest. It encompass a prominent geological feature, known locally as the ``Gut`` which is a large gorge and waterfall through which the Crowe River flows for about 230 meters. The fissure that forms the gorge is over 30 meters in width. The gorge presents a breath taking glimpse of this unique terrain. The Gut Conservation Area was purchased to create a public open space area which would preserve and protect this important feature of the Crowe River Watershed. The area is unique to the watershed and its rugged scenic beauty is unmatched in eastern Ontario

The Whale Interpretive Centre, located at the end of the harbour boardwalk in the heart of Telegraph Cove is a highly interactive atmosphere that helps visitors gain an understanding of marine mammal adaptations and stresses within their environment by offering: * easy access to interpreters * a "kids" corner of games and experiments * marine education video's and presentations * an invertebrate aquarium * articulated skeletons of a killer whale, Pacific white sided dolphin, Dall's porpoise, harbour seal, sea otter, Stellar Sea Lion, bald eagle

The Project’s earlier emphasis on environmental and sustainability education for younger learners has broadened in more recent years to encompass the learning needs of the whole community, including those that can be met through community activities and programs for the adult learner. The Demeter Project encourages experiential and place-based exploration of ideas, issues and solutions as important components of developing environmental literacy.

Education, Conservation and Restoration.

Our priorities are to: 1) Protect the watershed by encouraging a community, ecosystem and watershed approach to environmental planning and protection; 2) Educate the public through nature walks, school field trips, presentations and community events to encourage environmental awareness, ethics and action; 3) Restore the watershed by training thousands of youth and community volunteers to restore forest, wetland and meadow habitat; 4) Monitor restoration work by performing follow-up watering, mulching and maintenance. We form productive conservation partnerships with schools, community groups, religious organizations, businesses, landowners, municipalities, government agencies, community leaders, foundations and environmental groups.

Since 1997 the support of Canadian Whale Institute (CWI) has been primarily directed towards efforts to save the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale. These include reducing right whale mortality from ship-strikes, entanglement in fishing gear and raising public awareness. CWI Current Initiatives ‘Helping to save one species from the brink of extinction can very well help humankind preserve our planet’ Stewardship and Conservation Despite international protection from whaling since 1935 the North Atlantic right whale is hovering on the brink of extinction: about 350 remain. CWI supports many research projects and stewardship measures taking place throughout the Canadian range of the species. Researchers who receive CWI support have contributed to the development of the Canadian recovery plan and the relocation of the Bay of Fundy shipping lanes; thereby helping to reduce the number of whales dying due to ship-strikes. There has also been a key initiative of