PODCAST.: The Nature Trust of BC has conserved more than 500 properties, 175,000 acres
On this edition of “today in B.C., host Peter McCully chats with Jasper Lament, CEO of the Nature Trust of BC.
“Unfortunately, many of our species are at risk of extinction,” said Dr. Jasper Lament. biologist and CEO. “Protecting the rare species of B.C. and the ecosystems that they depend on is really at the core of our conservation mission. B.C. has 50,000 species, only 10 per cent of them have been evaluated for their population status and of those about half are at risk of extinction, so it really describes the biodiversity crisis that we’re in B.C. and more broadly around the world.
“It’s just been great as we’ve been able to provide university students and recent graduates. opportunities to get their toe in the door of the conservation profession,” said Lament.
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