FOR200H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Microsoft Onenote, Cites, Permafrost

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Week2:17/09/2018
Monday,September24,2018 12:34PM
RequiredReadings:
PublishedresearcharticleonBiodiversityCrisisinBritishColumbia
BCGovernmentwebsiteupdateofLegislationforspeciesatrisk
NewspaperArticle:BiologicallydiverseB.C
Will2018betheyearBCenactsspecies‑at‑risklegislation
ResearchArticle:Lastfrontiersofwilderness
Video:TheCheewhatGiant
Video:Greenpeace
Video:PewEnvironmentGroup
FOR200Week2
RequiredReadings:
Reading#2:BCGovernmentwebsiteupdateofLegislationforspeciesat
risk
2017:govmandatedendangeredspecies.Untilthen,theselaws
govern:

Provincial:

Whatisit?
WildlifeAct Protectsvertebrateanimals(exceptregulation
allowedactslikehunting/trapping)

Vertebratescanbelegallylabelled
endangered/threatened,meaning:
Killing/harming=$500,000fine+3yearsjail


Habitats=protectedasCriticalWildlife
HabitatsinWildlifeManagementAreas

Authorizesdirectmanagement(translocation,
predatorcontrol)

Authorizeshumanactivitiestoachieverecovery
objectives
Forestand
Range
PracticesAct
(FRPA)
GovActionsRegulationsofFRPA:
Wildlifecanbeidentifiedasatriskif
endangered,threatenedorvulnerable
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atriskhabitatsmanagedthroughWildlifeHabitat
Areas(WHAs)+GeneralWildlifeMeasures
(GWMs)
Over2,104WHAsestablished(3,708,577ha)
OilandGas
ActivitiesAct
(OGAA)
ProtectsspeciesandWHAsatrisklistedunder
FRPA
OilandGasCommissionconsiderenviroobjectives
+habitatprotectionwhengrantingpermitsin
WHAs
Ecological
ReservesAct
Establishmentandadministrationofecological
reserves
EcologicalReserveRegulations=additional
restriction
Doesnottargetspeciesatriskortheirhabitat
ParkAct Establishment,classification+managementof
parks,conservancies,recreationareasnatural
resources+wildlife(+habitats)
Park,ConservancyandRecreationAreaRegulation
=management+protectionofparkresources
(includesspeciesatrisk)
LandAct Protectsspeciesatrisk+theirhabitatswithmap
reservesandlanduseorders/permits

FederalLegislation

Act Whatisit?
SpeciesatRiskAct Protectsatriskspeciesfrom
extinction/loss
ConventiononInternational
TradeinEndangeredSpecies
ofWildFaunaandFlora
(CITES)
Internationaltradeagreement
controllingtrade/movementof
animals+plantsatriskdueto
internationaltrade
Sharedbyfederal+provincialgovs
B.C=nativeanimals
Federalgov=non‑native
species,plants+fish
CanadianWildlifeService+
DepartmentofFisheriesand
Oceans=responsiblefor
CITESfederally

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Reading#3:NewspaperArticle:BiologicallydiverseB.C.tobenefitfrom
pledgeforendangered‑specieslaw

B.Cwouldbenefithugelyfromprovincialgovcommitmentto
species‑at‑risklaw
Resultoflackofthislaw=substandardprotection
FederalSpeciesatRiskAct(SARA)isnotsufficient
Doesn’tautomaticallyapplytoprovinciallandstherefore
unprotected
Federalgovconvincedonly10/444enforcementcases+only1
involvingaB.Cendangeredspecies
2015reportbyMarkHaddockofEnvironmentalLawCentre
Professionalreliancemodeladoptedtoreduceregulations
onresourceindustries
Thismeansenvirostandardsoverseenbyprofessionals
likeforestersinprivatesector,notgovernment
bureaucrats
Problemwiththis:overlapofdutiescauseconflictof
loyalty
NDPPremierJohnHorganissuesmandatelettertoGeorgeHerman
(MinisterofEnvironmentandClimateChangeStrategy)
RevitalizeEnvironmentalAssessmentprocess
EnsurelegalrightsofFirstNationsarerespected(review
professionalreliancemodel)
RenewtheClimateLeadershipTeam,implementa
comprehensiveclimate‑actionstrategythatmeetscarbon‑
pollutionreductiontargets,setanewlegislated2030
reductiontarget.
Workwithministeroffinancetoimplementincreasein
carbontaxby$5/tonne/year,beginningApril1,2018,to
meetfederalgovernmentscarbon‑pricingmandate.Take
measurestoexpandthecarbontaxtofugitiveemissionsand
toslash‑pileburning.
Employ“everytoolavailable”tocounterexpansionofthe
KinderMorganpipeline,andaprojectedseven‑foldincrease
intankertraffic.

Reading#4:
Reading#1:PublishedresearcharticleonBiodiversityCrisisinBritish
Columbia
Introduction:
16,000speciesthreatenedw/extinction
12%ofbirds
23%ofmammals
32%ofamphibians
784species=extinct
Mostvulnerabletoextinction=PolarBears,Muskox,Woodland
Caribou
Well‑KnownImmediateReasons:
Lossandfragmentationofnaturalhabitat
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