Projects

Conservation Incentives and Investments Initiative

  • Project Management
  • Scientific Communications
Project Number
82.001
Project Leader
Melissa Hadley
Client Code
82
Client
BC Premier's Office
Interests
Government, Industry, First Nations, NGO, Academic
Duration
2005–2006
Type
Management Services
Region
Coastal BC
Outcomes
  • established financial tracking and invoicing process
  • developed contracts
  • organized project working sessions with stakeholders
  • supported the CIII Steering Committee (meetings, outputs)
  • developed background and presentation materials
  • contributed to successful management of the $1.5 million first phase
Project Management
80
Facilitation
0
Cumulative Effects Analysis
0
Carbon Management
0
Forestland Valuation
0
Ecological Analysis
0
Forest Estate Modeling
0
Policy Analysis
0
Other
0
Scientific Communications
20

Project Description

The Conservation Investments and Incentives Initiative (CIII) was a multi-stakeholder project investigating the conditions and arrangements under which funds could be attracted to British Columbia to support conservation and conservation-based economic development in the B.C. central and northern coasts, including Haida Gwaii.

Cortex contributed to the successful management of the first phase, which produced:

  • a market assessment of interest in funding conservation-based investments on the B.C. Coast
  • a study clarifying opportunities for conservation-based economic development on the B.C. Coast
  • institutional design recommendations for administering conservation financing
  • a background report discussing the legal mechanisms for securing conservation investment in British Columbia.

The CIII led to the establishment, in 2007, of the Coast Opportunity Funds, which manages $120 million to support conservation management and sustainable economic development in the north and central coasts of British Columbia and Haida Gwaii.

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