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Dr. Jasper Lament’s lifelong commitment to environmental responsibility, conservation and sustainability has made a lasting impact on conserving high-value biodiversity in British Columbia.

Dr. Lament brings an international perspective and experience to his role as CEO of the Nature Trust of British Columbia. He completed his PhD in Biology at the University of Miami, Florida and his Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Biology and Geography at Queen’s University in Ontario. Before his leadership of The Nature Trust of BC, he worked in senior conservation and environmental sustainability positions in the United States and Canada.

Dr. Lament served two terms on the Minister’s Wildlife Advisory Council which provides policy and strategy advice directly to BC’s provincial government. He is also a member of the North American Wetlands Conservation Council (Canada). He has advanced cross-border migratory bird conservation as a board member of the Pacific Birds Habitat Joint Venture. He has been a voice for land conservation at the national level through several Canadian land trust working groups, as the governments of Canada and British Columbia work to achieve their ambitious nature protection and land conservation goals by 2030.

Dr. Lament joined The Nature Trust of British Columbia in 2012. He and his family live on the Sunshine Coast of B.C.

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