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Priority Activities
The FUND's goal is to conserve wildlife habitats throughout the Province. The FUND’s objectives include: the enhancement of wildlife habitats, acquisition of land, research pertaining to wildlife habitats, and education on wildlife habitats.
Current priority activities are organized according to each of the four FUND objectives:
1. Priority Activities for the
Enhancement of Wildlife Habitats
- Projects which conserve wildlife habitat as functioning
components of ecosystems to maintain the biological diversity of
native species.
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Projects incorporating wildlife habitat objectives
into rural and municipal planning and development.
- Projects which increase the quality and quantity
of urban wildlife habitat.
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Projects which include wildlife habitat within
farmland.
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Projects which include wildlife habitat within
private woodlots.
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Habitat restoration, enhancement, and management
projects.
2. Priority Activities
for Land Acquisition
- Conservation of critical, unique, or high value wildlife habitat
through purchase or easement.
3. Priority Activities
for Research Pertaining to Wildlife Habitats
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Alternative methods and approaches to resource
development and timber harvesting in forested landscapes, so as
to ensure the long-term sustainability of forests as wildlife habitat.
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Innovative and practical research on habitat and
wildlife conservation.
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Projects which critique provincial, national and
international policies impacting wildlife and habitats in Nova Scotia.
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Design of habitat-related and ecological indicators
to monitor the health of habitats and landscapes.
4. Priority Activities for Education on Wildlife Habitats
- Programs which develop an awareness and appreciation
among children and young adults as to the importance of wildlife
habitat.
- Programs which develop an appreciation and understanding
of habitat conservation issues among the public and within industry.
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Programs which encourage private landowners to
partner and co-operate in managing wildlife habitat.
Note that,
in general, the Fund does not support:
- Habitat inventories;
- Tree planting programs (unless a minor part of a
broader habitat conservation project);
- Fisheries management projects;
- Projects which are a provincial or federal management
responsibility; and,
- Capital costs associated with projects, such as buildings,
engineering works, or vehicle acquisition.
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