Thames Talbot Land Trust

As Canada works towards 25% protected areas by 2025 we see that the southern parts of Canada are not represented. This also means that per capita there is much less green space in Canada's most populated areas like southwestern Ontario.
In 2021 Ontario had 10.7% of lands as protected areas, but the ecozone "Mixedwood Plain" that is southern Ontario and along the St. Lawrence River is only at 2.4%, the ecoregion "Lake Erie - Lake Ontario" which includes the Carolinian Zone found in southwest Ontario is at only 1%!
Most of Ontario's species at risk are found in southwestern Ontario - the area with the least protection
Groups who protect land included in the database of protected areas in Middlesex County include: Provincial parks, Thames Talbot Land Trust, Upper Thames Conservation Authority, City of London (and possibly Middlesex County but I'm not sure)

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Provides natural heritage cover for the county.
"The MNHSS concluded that 20.1% of the County (including the City of London and First Nation Reserves) is in natural vegetation cover"

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Supporting Indigenous lead conservation should be a priority, Indigenous People are the stewards of the land and have longstanding relationships with land

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From the 2017 UTRCA report card: "In total, in 10 years (2000 to 2010), almost 800 ha of forest were lost while 324 ha were planted. The pace of tree planting is significant but not keeping up with the loss. A block of planted trees can take 20 to 50 years to mature to the point where it can be called a forest or woodland."
From the 2017 UTRCA report card: water quality and forest condition grades are all "C" or lower, and there are no "A" or "B"

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