Gord Brown, MP for Leeds-Grenville
Environment Canada announced $5 million dollars of funding for Canadian Biosphere Reserves and the Canadian Biosphere Reserve Association (CBRA)! This will provide support for an additional three years of funding through to 2012-2013. We are elated and very grateful to Environment Canada to say the least! This is just what we have been hoping for.
Gord Brown, MP for Leeds-Grenville, made the announcement July 16, 2009 on behalf of Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, at a press conference held at the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve (FABR) office, organized by Environment Canada and CBRA, with host, FABR.
Gord Brown congratulated the great work of Biosphere Reserves over the years and for their support of CBRA with their new endeavours. Addresses were also made by Richard Murzin and Karina Mullaly, CBRA Chair and CBRA Executive Director, respectively; David Walden, Secretary General on behalf of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO; Gary Clarke on behalf of FABR; and was moderated by Don Ross, FABR. There was attendance by Environment Canada representatives, regional mayors, and FABR Board members and friends.
Environment Canada is providing financial support of $5M over five years to 14 of the 15 UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in Canada ($3 M in addition to the 2$M already announced). The fifteenth biosphere reserve, Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve, already has a federal source of core funding.
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