Whereas natural assets, when responsibly managed and preserved, provide service to British Columbia communities on their own and as the foundation of natural infrastructure initiatives that enhance a communitys resilience to the effects of climate change, biodiversity loss, and the degradation of Earths ecosystems; And whereas a natural asset inventory, co-developed with the Indigenous Peoples on whose traditional territory a community is located, is a first step towards the development of sustainable, resilient, natural infrastructure and towards ensuring that natural assets are valued and preserved for future generations: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM request that the Province of British Columbia encourage local governments to develop natural asset inventories in collaboration with their Indigenous hosts by providing funding to local governments and Indigenous peoples to offset the costs of developing the inventories.
