Signing and sharing this petition is producing real results!

Because of YOUR support this proposal has caught the attention of Chatham-Kent Council and Administration, as well as the Media.

YOU understand the problem and some solutions.

Together, we need to lead Chatham-Kent Council members to the understanding that planting a few trees or throwing some dollars around isn't the solution to biodiversity loss.

When the people lead, the leaders will follow. You ARE a leader.

In 2014 the Municipality hired an independent third party, to assess deforestation in Chatham Kent and produce a Natural Heritage Implementation Strategy.

Chatham Kent Council voted to adopt the recommendations but has yet to fulfill them.

The following is a summary from that report:

"While stewardship and restoration efforts are extremely important, replanting to compensate for the loss of existing forest cover does not address the significant losses that are realized when mature woodlands are removed.

It will take decades for restoration areas to mature and these areas cannot immediately compensate for the loss of existing
mature natural heritage features and functions.

The removal of mature natural heritage features from the landscape removes decades, and sometimes centuries, of ecological functioning and complex biotic and abiotic interactions. These complex functions cannot be replaced by simply planting seedlings.

In addition to the outstanding restoration efforts that have beentaking place, action is needed now to slow, and eventually stop, the removal of these mature features in order to preserve what is left of Chatham-Kent’s natural heritage legacy. "