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"Our Georgian Bay islands are precious to the Grant family and as a First Founder of the Trust and more recently Chair of the Nature Conservancy of Canada, the Georgian Bay Land Trust is protecting an irreplaceable resource - our land and water. There is no other cause that has so much meaning as this today."
-- Jon Grant
-- Jon Grant
Georgian Bay Littoral Biosphere Reserve
On November 5, 2004, it was announced that the Georgian Bay Littoral had
been designated as a World Biosphere Reserve by the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Covering an area
of 347,000 hectares, the reserve includes the extensive shoreline, open
water and adjacent mainland that make up the eastern coast of Georgian Bay.
The nomination was a result of an extraordinary collaboration between
regional and local authorities, local business interests, and local
communities, including Aboriginal groups. The Georgian Bay Coast Project, a
project supported by the GBLT and it's partner the Nature Conservancy of
Canada, was one of many important documents supporting the nomination.
Congratulations to Pat Northey who led the nomination effort.
In addition to the reserves conservation objectives, it will also encourage
sustainable economic and human development focusing on developing
'smart-growth' ecotourism. The reserve will also be instrumental in the
coordination and fulfillment of multiple programs in the area promoting
environmental education and encouraging research and monitoring of the
environment and human activities.
The Georgian Bay Littoral World Biosphere Reserve is the 13th Biosphere
Reserve in Canada and the 4th Biosphere Reserve in Ontario joining Long
Point, Niagara Escarpment and Thousand Island-Frontenac Arch.
For more information on this important designation confirming the global
significance of this area, please visit the Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve website and the Georgian Bay Association Website
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