QUEBEC LABRADOR FOUNDATION INC
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Mission Statement
The Mission Statement, Vision Statement and Guiding Principles of the Quebec-Labrador Foundation were Amended in April 2023 with Approval by the Governing Boards. QLF Mission Statement is defined in two parts: a regional component (New England and Eastern Canada), and an international component, which ties our regional model to a global network: With its roots in the Atlantic Region of North America, QLF engages environmental leaders worldwide to advance community-based and larger-scale conservation and stewardship of natural resources and cultural heritage. QLF Vision Statement: The Quebec-Labrador Foundation envisions a world in which nature and human societies thrive together and people of good will collaborate to solve the global issues of our time -climate change, depletion of natural resources, biodiversity loss and planetary health. Building on its decades-long legacy of engaging a worldwide network of conservation and community leaders, QLF seeks innovative solutions and shares knowledge across generations, cultures and borders. QLF addresses pressing global environmental challenges through impactful programs in three focus areas: environmental leadership, biodiversity conservation, and stewardship of natural resources and cultural heritage. Through its work, QLF nurtures and trains current and future conservation leaders while fostering diversity, equity and inclusion in all its programs. In these ways, QLF strives to be a highly relevant and effective non-profit conservation organization that contributes to a vibrant future for humanity and our planet. GUIDING PRINCIPLES 1. Create and cultivate enduring relationships within the Atlantic Region and worldwide. 2. Invest in the talent, energy and optimism of current and future conservation leaders. 3. Contribute to and share knowledge, strategies and innovation across cultures and borders. 4. Uphold a commitment to serve people, places and the environment. 5. Lead with boldness, creativity and conviction. 6. Act with humility, respect and integrity.
About This Cause
THE QUEBEC-LABRADOR FOUNDATION: THE ORGANIZATION The Quebec-Labrador Foundation/Atlantic Center for the Environment (QLF) is a not-for-profit organization in the U.S. (incorporated in 1961), and a Registered Charity in Canada (incorporated in 1969). QLF is headquartered in Ipswich, Massachusetts and Montreal, Quebec. QLF has a staff of thirty with Program Consultants, a Board of Directors in the United States and Canada, Honorary Directors who have served with distinction on their respective board, and a Council (with Members from the U.S. and Canada) serving as an Advisory Board. QLF’s budget is $1.7 million; and the Endowment is $6 million. QLF has received a 4-star rating for the third consecutive year from Charity Navigator, the independent nonprofit evaluator. It’s highest rating was awarded following a review of QLF’s finances and accountability, leadership, governance and best practices. As well, QLF has just received the Gold Transparency rating from Candid, formerly GuideStar, a nonprofit evaluator that provides current and critical analyses for philanthropists. QLF’S REGIONAL & GLOBAL PROGRAMS CONTRIBUTE TO 30x30, A GLOBAL CONSERVATION INITIATIVE For more than six decades, QLF has worked in the rural communities of New England and Eastern Canada with local and indigenous communities. And for more than four decades, QLF’s program model, community-based conservation, has been shared with conservation practitioners across Europe; Central and Southeast Europe; Central and South America, and the Caribbean; the Middle East, North Africa, the Gulf States; and East and Southeast Asia. Today, QLF’s programmatic commitment takes on greater relevance in the communities of our home region and beyond with Biodiversity Conservation programs that address accelerated change, restore biodiversity, and steward protected areas and ecosystems. Importantly, QLF’s regional and global programs represent the organization’s contribution to 30 x 30, a global conservation initiative endorsed at the recent World Conservation Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The ambitious goal of the Initiative is to compel leaders worldwide and tap the local knowledge of Indigenous peoples to conserve 30% of the earth’s land and oceans by 2030, a key requirement to reverse biodiversity loss in a changing climate. QLF’s contribution to the Initiative rests with the organization’s Biodiversity Conservation programs that build on a legacy of community-based conservation and nature-based solutions to conserve and protect biodiversity, reverse biodiversity loss, and restore ecosystems. REGIONAL CONSERVATION PROGRAMS Support from foundations, donors, and government agencies sustain QLF’s regional Conservation Programs across the Maritime provinces, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Quebec North Shore along the Gulf of St. Lawrence; and New England. Regional programs consist of the following: Landscape Connectivity and Restoration: The Staying Connected Initiative; Conservation and Stewardship of Protected Areas and Significant Species, the Maritime Provinces; Recovery of Aquatic Species Threatened and Endangered; and The Sounds Conservancy Marine Research Program; and the Stewardship Initiatives of the National Parks Service. Programs are managed by staff who are recognized for their pioneering work in conservation, is based in the heart of our home region across the Maritime provinces, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Quebec North Shore along the Gulf of St. Lawrence; and New England. Conservation and Stewardship of Protected Areas Maritime provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia The Maritime Provinces are rich in biodiversity and provides critical habitat for bird species across a range of forests, lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands. In New Brunswick alone, the salt marsh and forested wetlands are home to 300 species of songbirds, shorebirds, and waterfowl; of which, more than 230 are migratory, 100 are priority-listed, and 25 are threatened. An essential component of the program, staff conduct provincial surveys to assess the impact of climate change on seabirds, sea ducks, migratory birds and their habitat; and macro-invertebrate species that are indicators of water quality. Those data are integrated in regionwide longitudinal studies on biodiversity and ecosystem health, which further define strategies and management plans for the conservation, stewardship, and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems in the province. The program is managed as a partnership with the Nature Trust of New Brunswick and the Nova Scotia Nature Trust. Emerging Leaders in Conservation Eastern Canada & New England Conservation leadership is among QLF’s highest priorities and is a hallmark of our programs. QLF invests in the next generation of environmental leaders by providing Conservation Internships for university students, both undergraduates and graduates, and young professionals who are assigned to all programs in QLF’s home region: the Maritime provinces, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Quebec North Shore; and New England. Each year, QLF supports up to 24 Interns and young professionals who represent academic institutions and organizations worldwide. Recovery of Aquatic Species: Threatened and Endangered Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland, South Coast of Newfoundland, Labrador Oceans and marine species face a multitude of threats including marine debris and plastic pollution, overfishing, ocean acidification, sea level rise, pesticides and sewage, oil spills and invasive species. To address biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, this program is established to reduce threats to aquatic species such as entanglement in fishing gear, ingestion of plastics, and by-catch mortality. The program represents a long-term collaborative effort with regional scientists and marine biologists to protect threatened and endangered species some of which include such the Fin Whale, Staying Connected Initiative: Landscape Connectivity Conservation & Restoration Acadian/Wabanaki bio-region of northern New England and Eastern Canada QLF’s newest Biodiversity Conservation program focuses on sustaining and enhancing a well-connected landscape across the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada, which is essential for the survival of native species in this vast, highly important area. Our work consists of a leadership role in the Staying Connected Initiative (SCI), an innovative public-private partnership founded in 2008 to conserve and restore ecological connectivity for nature and people across the globally significant, transborder Northern Appalachian-Acadian/Wabanaki bioregion that encompasses much of northeastern North America. Support from foundations in New England and Eastern Canada provide vital support for two major projects QLF is spearheading on behalf of SCI to accelerate connectivity conservation and restoration at different scales. The first is the Northeastern North America (NENAM) Landscape Connectivity Initiative, which includes convening a first-ever Connectivity Summit and developing a high-level strategic action plan for this broad bi-national region. The second project, Accelerating Landscape Connectivity Conservation and Restoration for Nature and People in the “Borderlands” Region, involves a similar first-time convening of key players and development of a strategic connectivity action plan, but at a smaller scale – focused on a bi-nationally significant area for connectivity that spans the borders between northeastern Vermont, northern New Hampshire, northwestern Maine, and adjoining areas of southern Quebec. This area, sometimes referred to as the “Borderlands”, is one of only nine top priority landscape linkages identified by SCI scientists in the entire 83 million-acre Northern Appalachian-Acadian/Wabanaki region. The Sounds Conservancy Marine Research Program The Sounds and Coastal Waters of Southern New England The Sounds Conservancy is dedicated to the conservation and stewardship of the Sounds, estuaries, coastal waters, and marine ecosystems of southern New England and New York; marine research, advocacy, and environmental policy along the Sounds. The Sounds, from south to north, are Long Island, Fishers Island, Block Island, Rhode Island, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket Sound. Each year, QLF awards supplemental research grants to graduate students, young professionals, and conservation practitioners whose research falls within the geography of the Sounds. Over the years, grantees have been affiliated with leading organizations and academic institutions some of which include the American Museum of Natural History, Audubon Society (in New England states), and the Yale School of the Environment. Stewardship Institute of the National Park Service Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Vermont QLF is the principal partner in the National Park Service Stewardship Institute established to guide leaders in the National Park Service in new programmatic directions through collaboration and engagement; leadership for change; and research and evaluation. GLOBAL CONSERVATION INITIATIVES & PROGRAMS Global Biodiversity Framework, World Commission on Protected Areas, International Union for Conservation of Nature The World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) is one of seven commissions of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and along a Secretariat staff, the WCPA work with 18,000 conservation professionals worldwide representing 160 countries. The Commission provides scientific, technical, and policy advice, and advocates for national and global systems of marine, freshwater, and terrestrial protected areas that result in successful outcomes for the conservation of biodiversity. A QLF Senior Vice President serves as a Vice Chair of the WCPA. Under the collective leadership of its Chair and Vice Chairs, the WCPA holds a steadfast commitment to implement the Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity.