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Rewilding Vancouver: Environmental Education and Stewardship Action Plan
July 21, 2014
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Policy Context
Nov. 18 2013: Board approved Task Force terms of reference Dec. 10 2012: Board approved Leader in Greening motion May 18 2012: Board approved Strategic Plan
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Task Force Members + Mandate
Members: • 16 Task Force members • 28 Working Group members • 17 community partner organizations involved (SPES, VSB, Nature
Vancouver, EYA, Evergreen, Jericho SG) Mandate: • Develop goals, strategy, actions and performance metrics • Engage partners, volunteers and community groups • January – July 2014 timeframe • Complete a final report for Park Board Commissioners to consider
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Rewilding Vancouver: Summary
Plan includes: • Existing Greenest City and Strategic Plan goals and targets • Summary of existing programs and initiatives and background info • 3 priority areas, goals and objectives, 6 quick starts, and 49 actions • Stories from partner organizations • Implementation
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Rewilding Vancouver: What Does This Mean?
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Priority 1: Special Wild Places
Objective: Create opportunities for people to have rich experiences with nature in the special wild places in the city while protecting and enhancing them at the same time.
Quick Starts: • Identify the special wild places in the city • Explore the feasibility of an outdoor school in a fieldhouse
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Priority 1: Special Wild Places
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Priority 2: Nature in Everyday Life
Objective: Integrate nature into the daily experiences of Vancouverites by allowing it back into public spaces and places Quick Starts • Initiate projects focused on supporting pollinators • Pilot an environment-focused fieldhouse residency
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Priority 2: Nature in Everyday Life
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Priority 3: Meaningful Park Board Leadership
Objective: Make the most of the unique assets, relationships and role of the Park Board in service of thriving natural spaces and of people engaged with nature.
Quick Starts: • Bird Week • Reflect Effect environmental education pilot program
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Priority 3: Meaningful Park Board Leadership
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Implementation
1. Engaged leadership and staff team 2. Partnerships 3. Accountability, monitoring and reporting 4. Appropriate planning and allocation of capital and operating budgets
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Recommendations
THAT the Board approve Rewilding Vancouver: From Sustaining to Flourishing. An Environmental Education and Stewardship Action Plan for the Vancouver Park Board; THAT the Board direct staff to provide a status update on the progress made toward EESAP implementation and key outcomes, and reconvene the Environmental Education and Stewardship Task Force at least once, within the next year.
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