In June 2011, the Ontario Biodiversity Council released a renewed biodiversity strategy for the province, calling on government, conservation groups, industry and all Ontarians to help in protecting what sustains us.

The Ontario Biodiversity Council recognizes the importance of biodiversity and is taking steps to conserve it as an essential part of building a strong and prosperous future for our province.  Ontario’s Biodiversity Strategy, 2011 provides a renewed commitment to safeguard Ontario’s variety of species and ecosystems and puts forward an ambitious but practical conservation agenda.

Read Ontario’s Biodiversity Strategy, 2011: Renewing our Commitment to Protecting What Sustains Us.

Read the Summary Report for a snapshot of the strategy.

The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity congratulated the Ontario Biodiversity Council on the release of Ontario’s Biodiversity Strategy, 2011. Read Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf’s statement on the occasion of the release on June 22, 2011.