A Canadian-U.S. collaborative of conservation organizations,
researchers, foundations and conservation-minded individuals. Our
international community is focused on the protection, conservation and
restoration of forests and natural heritage from New York to Nova
Scotia, across the Northern Appalachian-Acadian ecoregion.
Our Vision:
2C1Forest will work for the transformation of parks, refuges and forests across the Northern Appalachian-Acadian ecoregion into a living, breathing ecosystem for species, plant and animal, large and small.
We will realize this vision by:
- Working and thinking at an ecoregional level, and within ecological borders versus political boundaries;
- Defining a clear framework of understanding and developing a network that facilitates and supports a cross-border sharing of vital information; and
- Using the basic principles of science-based, landscape-level conservation.
To that end, 2C1Forest is focused on three active roles and immediate priorities:
- Serving as a forum to enhance collaboration among conservation organizations and scientists, at the ecoregional level;
- Harnessing cutting-edge science for conservation planning, at the ecoregional level; and
- Promoting science-based, ecoregional conservation and restoration.
Our priorities:
- Science & policy studies on ecological trends in the ecoregion;
- An initiative to map and save the key habitats and corridors that connect and sustain this ecoregional landscape; and
- A broad-based communication strategy to educate people in the ecoregion on its vast ecological wealth and conservation potential.