ITC Five-Year Plan 2018-2022

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Islands Trust Conservancy Five-Year Plan1
ISLANDS TRUST CONSERVANCY 
FIVE-YEAR PLAN
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Islands Trust Conservancy Five-Year Plan2
The Islands Trust Conservancy Five-Year Plan was approved by the Honourable Selina Robinson, 
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, on July 12, 2018.
Contents
1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................................3
2. The Islands Trust Conservancy Mandate, Mission and Vision ......................................4
3.  Goals and Objectives of the Islands Trust Conservancy  ................................................6
4.  Islands Trust Conservancy Policies ...........................................................................................11
5. Conclusion ..............................................................................................................................................17
Appendix A: List of Islands Trust Conservancy protected areas, by fiscal year .....18
Appendix B: Complete List of Islands Trust Conservancy Policies ...............................22

Islands Trust Conservancy Five-Year Plan3
1. Introduction
In 2017, the Islands Trust Conservancy
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 reached an important milestone of 100 
protected places in the Trust Area, preserving over 1,200 hectares of diverse 
island ecosystems, in collaboration with private landholders, land trusts and 
other conservation partners. The Islands Trust Conservancy recognizes that the 
ability to protect these island ecosystems is possible because of the thousands of 
years of stewardship by the First Nations with interests in the lands and waters in 
the Trust Area, which has created a lasting natural legacy throughout the islands. 
The Islands Trust Conservancy was created by the Province of British Columbia 
in 1990 as a regional land trust and conservation arm of the Islands Trust to protect in 
perpetuity some of the most ecologically and culturally significant places in the Islands Trust 
Area. To do so, the Islands Trust Conservancy works closely with partners to protect sites 
through land donation, conservation covenants, land purchases and public education. 
The Islands Trust Conservancy plays an important role in preserving and protecting the 
unique and fragile ecosystems found in the Strait of Georgia and Howe Sound. The 
area is among the most biologically diverse regions in the Province of British Columbia 
and is globally significant with respect to the at-risk Coastal Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic 
zone. The Islands Trust Area holds 25% of British Columbia’s Coastal Douglas-fir zone, the 
largest percentage of any local government jurisdiction in the province. Within regional districts 
and biogeoclimatic zones found within the Islands Trust Area, there are a total of 149 red-listed 
(extirpated, endangered, or threatened) species (18% of the provincial total) and 162 blue-listed 
(special concern) species (20% of the p

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