REN R495 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Swift Fox, Local Extinction, Parks Canada
24 Jan 2019
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Critical habitat, canada"s species at risk act (sara) and land. Sara cycle and obligations: thinking about reclamation throughout the sara cycle: assessment protection recovery planning (figuring out critical habitat) implementation monitoring and evaluation. Setting the stage: thinking about reclamation throughout the sara cycle: reclamation doesn"t always mean restoring the land to pristine pre-disturbance conditions. We can improve or enhance existing sub-optimal habitat as well. Purpose of the species at risk act: to, to, to. Ex) swift fox 1978 last seen in canada, kept being downgraded (good news) Extinct: species exists no longer anwyere on earth. Extirpated: exists somewhere else, not in canada. Special concern: species we have to watch, has characteristics that make it susceptible to environmental stochasticity or human activity. Habitat: an important part of the species assessment. Habitat loss & degradation: primary causes of decline of 84% of species at risk in.
