Eastern Habitat Joint Venture in Ontario
Working together to conserve Ontario’s wetland
biodiversity
What is the Eastern Habitat Joint Venture?
The Eastern Habitat Joint Venture (EHJV) is part of a unique
collaborative waterfowl conservation strategy, the North American
Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP). Canada and the United States
signed the Plan in 1986 in reaction to critically low numbers
of waterfowl. Mexico joined in 1994, establishing a truly
continental effort to assure the survival of waterfowl populations
primarily by preserving and restoring quality wetland and
upland habitats.
A model for international conservation
Throughout the continent, the NAWMP establishes regional partnerships
called Joint Ventures to undertake conservation projects.
The EHJV was formally established in 1989 with the signing
of the EHJV Agreement. Signatories include the governments
of Canada, Ontario, Quebec, the four Atlantic provinces, Ducks
Unlimited Canada and Wildlife Habitat Canada. By signing the
agreement, each province agreed to develop and implement its
own EHJV program.
In Ontario, the Canadian Wildlife Service, the Ontario Ministries
of Natural Resources, and Agriculture and Food, Ducks Unlimited
Canada, the Nature Conservancy of Canada and Wildlife Habitat
Canada came together to build and implement the provincial
EHJV program.
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