The healthy ecosystems that have provided Canadians with benefits that include clean water and air, fish, climate regulation and recreational opportunities are under threat. Urbanization and industrial activity is placing growing pressures on the country’s landscapes and waterways, which, in turn, puts the number, health and viability of many essential ecosystems at risk. In dealing with this challenge, Stratos believes that Canada has an opportunity to not only improve its performance in ecosystem management but to become a world leader in adopting the ecosystem approach and protecting biodiversity.

Guided by the understanding that sustainability issues cannot be addressed in isolation, Stratos is helping its clients integrate ecosystem management into their programs and sustainability activities through ecosystem issue analysis and planning, biodiversity indicator development, and reviewing and evaluating programs and institutions with a focus on ecosystem and biodiversity management.