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THE PLACE The Inner Bay of Fundy, located within the traditional and unceded territory of the Mi’gmaq / Mi’kmaq First Nation, covering over 700,000 hectares across New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Home to the world’s highest tides, the bay supports an extraordinarily diverse range of coastal and marine habitats, from vast salt marshes to ancient horse mussel reefs. THE CHALLENGE Over 20 different pressures, from centuries of coastal wetland dyking to modern-day unsustainable fishing and microplastic pollution, collectively put this ecosystem at very high risk. But no single organisation can address them alone. What was missing was a shared framework for setting priorities and coordinating action across the region. |
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OUR APPROACH With financial support from the Government of Canada, GCS facilitated the development of a collaborative conservation plan involving more than 40 partner organisations. Using the Conservation Standards framework across a series of professionally facilitated workshops, we guided the planning team through a structured process to build shared understanding of the current reality, define success for the Inner Bay of Fundy, and develop a coordinated action plan to achieve and monitor that success. RESULTS & IMPACT First-ever shared situational analysis of ecosystem health across the entire Inner Bay of Fundy Alignment on unified conservation goals and measurable objectives across 40+ organisations A prioritised suite of collaborative strategies now moving into implementation over the next decade New cross-sector partnerships unlocked between federal, provincial, NGO, and Indigenous partners |
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“Navigating complex conservation challenges involving teams of individuals with varied perspectives and knowledge requires key enabling tools and approaches. GCS’s considerable experience and honed facilitation skills promote shared understanding through structured, clear, and congenial exchange.” |
Karel Allard Environment & Climate Change Canada |