OIPC Strategic Plan

The Ontario Invasive Plant Council Board has maintained a long-term strategic document to guide its actions.  It is designed as a multi-year strategy, with greater detail provided for the coming year and higher-level strategic statements for the second and third years.  It is reviewed and updated at least annually.  In 2011, the Board decided to do a major restructuring to the Plan so that it more easily related to the Provincial and National government strategies.

The OIPC Strategic Plan for 2011-2015 will continue to evolve in the context of our revenue, the work of our partners and the new environmental developments.

Strategic Context for the Invasive Terrestrial Plants Council

On the national scale there is a National Invasive Alien Species Strategy.

Provincially, Ontario's Biodiversity Strategy (Action 17) identifies the need to create an appropriate response to Invasive Species. Ontario's Biodiversity Strategy did not "begin" the many biodiversity conservation initiatives in the province, but has provided us with a framework and context for our diverse efforts. The OFAH, with support from the Ministry of Natural Resources, has built the OFAH Invading Species Program, which focuses on invasive aquatic species (plants and animals). Another aquatic initiatives is the Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network.

An Early Milestone

One of the earliest Ontario attempts to develop an effective response came in the form of a guide called Sustaining Biodiversity  (City of Toronto; Society for Ecological Restoration, Ontario; Ecological Outlook) - pdf (314 KB).