Quebec Labrador Foundation Inc

Programs: Conservation and stewardship biodiversity conservation - working with coastal communities, marine resource users, conservation organizations, and government, qlf encourages local communities to take an active role in managing natural resources, promoting initiatives to secure sustainable development, and participate in conservation education and outreach. The 2017 biodiversity conservation program, managed in massachusetts and directed in eastern canada, includes these projects: piping plover conservation (southwestern newfoundland); shorebird and seabird conservation (the great northern peninsula of newfoundland, quebec north shore, gulf of st. Lawrence); stewardship of endangered marine

leadershipglobal leadership network - qlf's network of alumni is named the global leadership network or gln and consists of more than 5,000 individuals and partner organizations. The gln has grown exponentially over more than five decades to include former volunteers, interns, scholarship recipients, sounds conservancy fellows, international fellows of qlf's region-region conservation exchange programs and leaders from regional partner organizations. Qlf alumni represent seventy-five countries in our home region (new england and eastern canada); and europe; central and southeast europe; latin america and the caribbean; the middle east, north africa, and the gulf states; and southeast asia. In 2017, staff and consultants have completed the mapping of alumni worldwide and have constructed an interactive website, the global leadership network online or gln online, which allows alumni access to set up an account, post papers and research, network and convene online. Also posted on the newly constructed gln online are articles dozens of articles that highlight the accomplishments of alumni worldwide. And staff have coordinated teams of alumni consultants tasked to address critical conservation issues in rural communities worldwide. The leadership program - established to provide training and experiential learning for volunteers (high school students) and interns (university undergraduate and graduate students), the 2017 leadership program directed and managed two-dozen internships corresponding with the following programs managed in massachusetts to include: biodiversity conservation; communications; global leadership network; middle east conservation exchange program; southeast asia conservation exchange program; the second qlf alumni congress; and the sounds conservancy (a marine research program along the sounds and coastal waters of southern new england and new york). The scholarship program - qlf management and staff directed the scholarship program, which provides supplemental financial support to university students in our home region. A scholarship directory is revised each year and documents the students, academic affiliation, and field of academic study.

special projectsspecial project: youth conservation leadership - qlf staff and consultants directed a multi-year program, youth conservation leadership, to train the next generation's leaders and practitioners. This program is managed from qlf headquarters in massachusetts. Each year, staff and consultants lead dozen workshops in environmental education for an average of 300 youth in communities along the great northern peninsula of newfoundland, southern labrador, and the quebec north shore. The program is designed to share conservation knowledge, skills, experience and expertise on local and regional conservation issues. Workshops are designed to provide practical information and skills to identify seabirds and sea ducks; monitor marine species at risk; address impacts of climate change in-region; and the stewardship of natural resources and cultural heritage. Special project: business plan, qlf global one of the 2017 special projects was a business plan established for qlf global, a new global conservation consulting program. Consulting assignments promote innovative solutions to shared local and regional conservation challenges worldwide that result in measurable, beneficial social and environmental return on impact. Qlf global regional consulting teams draw from qlf's alumni base ( approximately 5,000 representing 75 countries). Tapping this highly diverse knowledgebase, qlf global is able to staff a broad range of projects. Binding qlf's programs together is its commitment to leadership development through community service; community-based conservation; and stewardship of natural resources and cultural heritage. The qlf global program is also an opportunity for qlf to amplify its mission, vision, and values with potential access to new, diversified sources of funding to support growth. Special project: qlf global - in 2017, qlf launched qlf global projects in-region and worldwide that promote innovative partnerships and solutions that advance successful conservation outcomes and strengthen a global commitment to caring for our environment. Qlf global projects are managed by qlf senior staff for assignments with non-governmental organizations and government agencies in-region and worldwide. As an example, qlf senior vice president chairs a specialist group of the world commission on protected areas on private approaches to conservation and nature stewardship. In 2016 qlf introduced an official resolution for all iucn members - which includes most governments - to support privately protected areas (ppas). The resolution also called for global guidance on ppas. Accordingly, in 2017, the specialist group led by qlf senior vice president began an extensive process to write the guidelines for privately protected areas for the iucn. (this project would continue into the following year. )special project: research & development, conservation exchange programs qlf management explored new conservation exchange programs to be directed in the following year to include an exchange program on biodiversity conservation for environmental leaders from mongolia to new england; and an exchange program on community-based conservation for environmental leaders from israel to new england; and an exchange program on the great flyways to take place along the red sea/rift valley flyways.

the second qlf alumni congressqlf held the second alumni congress in barcelona, catalonia, spain, with 160 alumni (former interns, volunteers and international fellows) and partners representing 38 countries. The congress provided an opportunity for alumni and partners to convene and network; participate in a three-day stewardship workshop; share knowledge and expertise among global conservation leaders; launch new programs, partnerships, and consulting teams under the banner of the global leadership network. The congress served, in part, as a testimony to the power of convening in person, renewing bonds, and building relationships. Many new collaborative initiatives emerged from the congress, including several book projects, partnerships between alumni from canada and montenegro, a series of multi-year, in-region conservation projects in the middle east, north africa, and the gulf; and the first initiatives to formalize qlf's global leadership network. The stewardship workshops were the centerpiece of the congress, and began with a plenary session on 14 november 2016 at historic sant pau, barcelona's former hospital de la santa creu isant pau. Qlf was honored to welcome the catalan minister of transparency, institutional relations and foreign affairs, as the keynote speaker. The workshops were structured around presentations and working sessions with ample time for group discussion allowing participants to share knowledge, expertise, and experience. Participants identified initiatives to address common environmental issues worldwide through new innovative programs, partnerships, and consulting assignments. The workshops facilitated by alumni and staff: consensus building & collaborative conservation; local response to climate change; local stewardship: community-based conservation; marine & freshwater stewardship; the nature in us: cultural heritage & communities; new directions in protected areas; our living planet: biodiversity & nature conservation; and scaling up and conservation finance. The recommendations set forth at the congress workshop plenary mirror qlf's program direction; that is, to direct current regional community-based conservation programs and international conservation exchange program, and launch new initiatives under the banner of the global leadership network one of which is the qlf global program designed to offer consulting assignments to alumni conservation leaders and practitioners. The assignments are expected to generate high impact and innovative solutions to shared environmental challenges in communities worldwide. Qlf global presents an opportunity for new mission-driven programs that result in diversified funding to support qlf's programmatic growth and our network of alumni. Qlf global has the potential to meet funding challenges as nonprofits experience increased competition for philanthropic support. Creative adaptation is crucial, and this initiative should lead to a more sustainable organization. Following the congress, qlf senior vice president directed catalan stewardship: a post-congress policy study tour for qlf alumni joined with catalan policymakers to explore the current practice and future potential for nature stewardship and privately protected areas in the country. The tour included field site visits and meetings with alumni in catalonia. And following the congress qlf staff directed a post-congress cultural tour in seville and cordoba, andalusia, one of spain's seventeen autonomous communities bordering both the atlantic and mediterranean oceans. Over its long history, the region has seen a succession of cultures and religions including long periods of roman and islamic rule. Today, architecture and traditions in andalusia reflect a blend of cultures. Andalusia is noted for its unesco sites, protected areas, important historic cross-border trade, and coexistence of the world's great religions. Andalusia best represents qlf's commitment to community, culture, and conservation, and the organization's work across cultural, religious, and geographic borders.