Nature Conservancy of Canada

For over 40 years, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has been working to protect Canada's most threatened natural habitats and the endangered species that call them home.

NCC is Canada's only national charity dedicated to preserving ecologically significant areas through outright purchase, donations and conservation easements. Their plan of action is partnership-building and creative deal-making with any individual, corporation, community group, conservation group or government body that shares our passion. The results - Since 1962 NCC has secured a long-term future for more than 1,200 properties, comprising 1.73 million acres of magnificent woodlands and seashores, internationally significant wetlands, threatened prairies, and a host of other precious natural places. And in the process, they have won the confidence of Canadians who want to protect their natural heritage for generations to come.

About NCC
The Earth's biological diversity is being lost at a rate that impoverishes our quality of life and threatens our future. NCC's work is guided by the belief that our society will be judged by what it creates in the present and what it conserves for the future. Wherever we work across Canada, we share and apply values that reflect this philosophy.

• We are guided by the best available conservation science.
• We work in a non-confrontational manner.
• We manage lands and waters for their intrinsic, natural values.
• We respect and promote nature's own processes of growth, succession and interaction.
• We recognize the need to create avenues for people to sustain themselves and live productively while conserving biological diversity.