As of August 22, 2023, Coast Funds has approved $110.5 million towards 453 conservation and sustainable economic development projects.

Coast Funds is dedicated to empowering First Nations in the Great Bear Rainforest and Haida Gwaii to achieve healthy and vibrant economies and communities in tandem with the conservation of their homelands for the benefit of future generations.

Coast Funds’ mandate originates from its founding documents, the Conservation Investments and Incentives Agreement and the Performance and Accountability Funding Agreement.

Coast Funds is proud to collaborate with outstanding organizations as we support First Nations to build healthy and resilient lands, waters, and economies.

First Nations, government, industry, and communities brought together the best available scientific, traditional, and local knowledge to develop the framework and science defining ecosystem-based management in the Great Bear Rainforest.

Over the past two decades, First Nations have engaged with the Province of British Columbia to develop comprehensive plans for the lands and seascapes throughout the Great Bear Rainforest and Haida Gwaii.

Over the past two decades, coastal First Nations have finalized a number of reconciliation and land use agreements with the Province of British Columbia.

Fundraising led by the Conservation Investments and Incentives Initiative and negotiated changes in logging practices led the Joint Solutions Project were instrumental in achieving landscape-scale conservation in the Great Bear Rainforest.

In 1997, the ‘Great Bear Rainforest: Canada’s Forgotten Coast’ offered the world its first view of this remarkable but long overlooked region. Since then, many new and inspiring books and films have been published.