ENV250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Marine Resources Conservation, Parks Canada, Dominic Leblanc
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Federally: 1973 convention on the international trade in endangered. Us passed their first endangered species act also this year: 1992 un convention on biological diversity, 1996 national accord for species at risk, 2002 species at risk act. Provincially: 1996 accord (except for quebec, now in 2016, 7/13 jurisdictions have a stand-alone species at. Federal government has jurisdiction over: migratory birds, aquatic species, federal lands (less than 5% of land) This results in the 2002 species at risk act. Provinces & territories have jurisdiction over: crown lands & public lands (95% of land across provinces) This results in 13 disjoint policies (table 3. 1 in textbook) Federal go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t has a (cid:858)safety-(cid:374)et(cid:859) poli(cid:272)y: if provinces fail to protect known endangered species, federal government can step in and do it for them, only invoked 2 times (2013 & 2016) Committee on the status of endangered species in canada (cosewic: recommends status (extirpated, endangered, extinct, etc.
