CDFCP Statement of Cooperation

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March 22, 2013        File No.: 5450-30; 0410-20 
 
Via Email: Tim.Ennis@natureconservancy.ca 
 
Tim Ennis, Chair 
Coastal Douglas-fir and Associated Ecosystems Conservation Partnership Steering Committee 
 
Dear Tim Ennis: 
 
Re:  Coastal Douglas-fir and Associated Ecosystems Conservation Partnership 
 
As Chair of the Islands Trust Council, I’m writing to advise you that at its   quarterly meeting in March 
2013, the Islands Trust Council voted to endorse the Coastal Douglas-fir and Associated Ecosystem 
Conservation Partnership (CDFCP) Terms of Reference and Statement of Cooperation and directed me 
to sign the Statement of Cooperation on behalf of the Islands Trust. 
 
The Islands Trust Council supports   the CDFCP’s goal of bringing governments, organizations and 
individuals together to collaboratively address ongoing threats to the conservation of Coastal Douglas-fir 
and Associated Ecosystems. This work would advance the following sections of the Islands Trust Policy 
Statement: 
 
3.2.1 It is Trust Council’s policy that 
• forest ecosystems in the Trust Area should be protected, and 
• the remaining stands relatively undisturbed Coastal Douglas fir, Coastal Western Hemlock, 
Garry Oak and Arbutus should be preserved. 
 
3.2.3 Trust Council encourages government agencies, non-government organizations, property 
owners and occupiers to protect forested areas through voluntary donation, acquisition, conservation 
covenants and careful management. 
 
We are hopeful that the CDFCP will promote shared stewardship and will identify conservation priorities, 
reduce duplication of effort, and result in shared resources and information. 
 
We look forward to participating in the CDFCP and cooperating to protect the Coastal Douglas-fir 
biogeoclimatic zone; home to the highest number of species and ecosystems at risk in British Columbia. 
 
Sincerely, 
 
 
 
Sheila Malcolmson 
Chair, Islands Trust Council 
 
cc: Islands Trust Executive Committee 
Bowen Island Municipality 
Darryn McConkey, Senior Ecosystem Biologist, Min. of Forest, Lands and Natural Resource Operations 
Islands Trust website 
 
 
 
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STATEMENT OF COOPERATION for the  
COASTAL DOUGLAS-FIR AND ASSOCIATED ECOSYSTEMS CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP (CDFCP) 
 
 
We believe that: 
 
1)   biodiversity is a key component of Canada’s national heritage. 
 
Both Canada and British Columbia have made international and national commitments to conserve biological diversity. Biodiversity includes all species 
and ecological communities and the interactions between them and has both inherent and economic values that justify its 

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