Media Release: First Nation’s Plan to Protect Rare BC Old Growth to Move Forward with Critical Funding Commitment
Half a Million Dollars for First Nation’s Long-Term Stewardship and Economic Development Needs Will Help Protect Some of BC’s Rarest Old-Growth Forests through a Proposed Conservancy. The Nature-Based Solutions Foundation (NBSF) has raised over 75% of its pledged...
Vancouver Island organisations receive watershed funding support
We are pleased to announce that we are now an environmental partner of 1% for the Planet! 1% for the Planet represents a global network of businesses, individuals, and environmental partners who are committed to tackling our planet's most pressing environmental...
Nature-Based Solutions Foundation Selected as Finalist for 2024 Land Awards!
We’re excited to share that the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation (NBSF) has been selected as a finalist for the 2024 Land Awards, which celebrates leadership in sustainable land use and real estate in British Columbia! NBSF was nominated for our efforts to provide...
Ha-Shilth-Sa: Mowachaht / Muchalaht awarded $15 Million to Protect Old Growth and Salmon
Read excerpts from an article by Eric Plummer published on Ha-Shilth-Sa about the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation’s recent milestone in their efforts to protect 650-square kilometre through their Salmon Parks Initiative, which the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation is...
Campbell River Mirror: First Nation Creating New Salmon Parks to Protect Fragile Ecosystems
Read excerpts from an opinion piece by Marc Kitteringham of the Campbell River Mirror about a plan to protect over 650-square kilometres of forest, rivers, old growth, and shoreline on western Vancouver Island, led by the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation and supported...
Media Release: First Nation’s Plan to Save Rare BC Old Growth to Move Forward with Stewardship Funding
First Nation's Plan to Save Rare BC Old Growth in the Fraser and Kwoiek Valleys (by the iconic Stein Valley) to Move Forward with Forthcoming Stewardship Funding from the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation The Nature-Based Solutions Foundation (NBSF) is closing...
Media Release: Nature-Based Solutions Foundation partners with TELUS to help protect old-growth forests
Nature-Based Solutions Foundation partners with TELUS to help protect old-growth forests Developing a Biodiversity Protection Standard designed to measure and grade conservation value of protected areas to safeguard most at risk, underrepresented and biodiverse...
Canada-wide Art Auction for Old Growth Raises $35,000 for NBSF!
The Nature-Based Solutions Foundation is ecstatic to announce that the second ever Art Auction for Old Growth, an annual Canada-wide event organized by painter Kyle Scheurmann, has raised over $35,000 for our projects to protect endangered old-growth forests in BC!...
NBSF is Now an Environmental Partner of 1% for the Planet!
Read excerpts from an article by My Cowichan Valley Now Staff about four BC projects that were recently selected to receive funding from the Watershed Security Fund, including Ditidaht First Nation and Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation. NBSF is proud to be partnering...
Q&A with Business Leader & Tech Entrepreneur Dennis Pilarinos
Technology Executive and Entrepreneur Dennis Pilarinos is no stranger to investing in novel ideas. Dennis has been working at the forefront of technological innovation for over 20 years holding senior roles at companies like Microsoft, Apple and selling his last...
Q&A with Johnny Rodgers, Founding Slack Employee
Johnny Rodgers, founding employee of Slack, grew up in Ontario and moved to BC in 2005 where his passion for environmental advocacy ignited with his proximity to the endangered old-growth temperate forests of the province’s coastal regions. Both he and his wife,...
National Observer: Conservation group buys stand of majestic old-growth as gift for First Nation
Read an article in the National Observer about the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation's work in collaboration with the Kanaka Bar Indian Band, the Endangered Ecosystems Alliance and the Ancient Forest Alliance to help protect the old-growth forests and native...
Globe & Mail: B.C. Indigenous conservation plan gets private backing
Celina Starnes of the Endangered Ecosystems Alliance stands under an old-growth Western redcedar near Kanaka Bar Indian Band, home to the T’eqt’aqtn’mux, in British Columbia this past Sept. 21. PHOTOGRAPHY BY RAFAL GERSZAK/THE GLOBE AND MAIL Below is a new Globe and...
Media Release: Conservation group buys one of BC’s most diverse old-growth forests – to be gifted with a conservation covenant to the Kanaka Bar Indian Band
Kanaka Bar leaders and conservationists, from left to right: Kanaka Bar CEO Greg Grayson, Kanaka Bar Lands Manager Sean O'Rourke, Kanaka Bar Chief Jordan Spinks, Endangered Ecosystems Alliance Outreach Director Celina Starnes, Nature-Based Solutions Foundation...
Black Press: Kanaka Bar Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA) Supported by the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation
Read a new article by Jessica Peters (originally published in the Black Press on July 19, 2022) about the 35,000 hectare Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA), which will protect 12,500 hectares of some of the rarest and least represented old-growth forests...
Kanaka Bar Indian Band To Protect Unique Old-Growth Forests And Endangered Ecosystems In Proposed T’eqt’aqtn Indigenous Protected And Conserved Area
*** The Nature-Based Solutions Foundation (NBSF) has granted $30,000 to the Kanaka Bar Band to undertake land use planning as it relates to the development of this Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA) proposal. The NBSF's funding comes as part of the...
National Observer: Conservation cash vital to securing B.C.’s old-growth deferrals
By Rochelle Baker. Originally published in the National Observer on January 13, 2022. A new conservation foundation is working to provide Indigenous and other land-based communities with funds to protect endangered ecosystems and build economic alternatives to the...
New Organization Launched to Fill Critical Funding Gaps for Protecting Endangered Ecosystems in Canada, Including Old-Growth Forests in BC
December 17, 2021 – A new national organization, the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation (NBSF), has just been launched by several BC conservationists to help address critical funding gaps to support the creation of new protected areas in the most endangered ecosystems...
Elle Magazine: Cole Sprouse Launched a Photography Website – Proceeds from Sales Support Environmental Groups
Article by Anatola Araba. Originally published on Elle.com on Nov 04, 2021 Some excerpts: Cole Sprouse is no stranger to photography. The actor has captured everyone from Kendall Jenner to Sophie Turner from behind his lens; now, he is launching a photography website...