This report focuses on land conservation and the tax incentives, funding programs, and processes that help support this work. Here is presented a range of land conservation activities and needs, some of the supports in place for this work (including a detailed survey of provincial/territorial/federal incentives and funding in Appendix A), land conservation’s public benefits, and approaches and recommendations to enhance such supports. This is a challenging time of climate crisis, biodiversity loss, Indigenous-settler reconciliation, infrastructure needs, and other substantial challenges. In such a context, the conservation work of municipalities, Indigenous communities, land trusts and land holders is increasingly important and can address solutions to such multiple challenges.
An inventory and discussion of the benefits and options for funding for land conservation in Canada.
