News and happenings from Canada's governmental, non-governmental,
and academic partners in protection.
Symposium
and CCEA Annual General Meeting being held in Québec City,
September 16-19, 2008
- Boreal Zone Protected Areas - Towards Protecting International
Natural Heritage Posted June 25, 2008 - Updated
July 21, 2008 The Canadian Council on Ecological
Areas is inviting representatives of organizations responsible for
protected areas in Canada, i.e. managers, researchers, professionals
and representatives from non-governmental organizations interested
in protecting Canadian boreal biodiversity, to participate in a
symposium on boreal zone protected areas. More... Registration form Preliminary
agenda Colloque et Assemblée générale
annuelle du CCAE du 16 au 19 septembre 2008 à Québec
- Aires protégées en zone boréale - Vers la
protection d’un patrimoine naturel mondial Le
Conseil canadien des aires écologiques convie les représentants
des organismes responsables des aires protégées au
Canada, soit les gestionnaires, les chercheurs, les professionnels
et les représentants d’organismes non gouvernementaux
qui s’intéressent à la protection de la biodiversité
boréale canadienne à participer à un colloque
sur les aires protégées en zone boréale. Pour en savoir plus...
Formulaire
d’inscription Programme
préliminaire
BC
Protected Areas Research Forum Conference, December 1-3, 2008, University
of Northern British Columbia, Prince George Posted July 14, 2008 Please note that the Call for Papers, Presentations,
Workshops, Discussions and Posters is now open and available on
the website at
www.unbc.ca/bcparf. There you will find buttons to link you
to information on conference themes and topics; suggestions for
who and how you might participate; guidelines for submissions of
ideas and papers; and the submission forms. Additional information
on accommodations and the venue will be added throughout the summer.
All ideas are welcome – we hope to hear from you soon.
Marilou
Bourdages, Université Laval - Winner of the 2007/08 Stan
Rowe Home Place Graduate Award Posted June 18, 2008 CCEA is pleased to announce that Marilou
Bourdages, a Master's candidate with l'École supérieure
d'aménagement du territoire et de développement
régionalde l'Université Laval (Québec) is
the second recipient of the Stan Rowe Home Place Graduate Award.
More...
Marilou bourdages, Université Laval -
Gagnante de la bourse Home Place de Stan Rowe pour 2007/2008 Le CCAE est heureux d'annoncer que Mlle
Marilou Bourdages, candidate à la Maîtrise avec l'École
supérieure d¹aménagement du territoire et de
développement régional de l¹Université
Laval (Québec), est la deuxième récipiendaire
de la bourse Home Place de Stan Rowe. Pour en savoir plus...
Nouvelles
aires protégées au Québec Posted
June 2, 2008 Le 14 mai dernier, le
Québec a annoncé la création de 23 nouvelles
aires protégées. Cette augmentation considérable
de la surface d’aires protégées totalise 18
220,5 km2, ce qui représente plus de 1 % de la superficie
du Québec. Pour
en savoir plus...
New Protected Areas in Québec
On May, 14th, Québec announced the creation of 23 new protected
areas. This substantial increase in protected areas totals 18,220
square kilometres, representing more than 1% of the province of
Québec. More...
Mining
Exploration Conflicts in Canada's Boreal Forest Posted
May 14, 2008 Canada's booming mining
industry operates extensively throughout the Boreal Forest. Conflicts
are arising between mining companies, Aboriginal communities, private
landowners and other stakeholders as a consequence of the free entry
tenure system which grants mineral rights to prospectors without
prior consultation with affected communities or regard for ecological
and cultural values. Fundamental legislative and industry reform
is necessary to resolve current conflicts and prevent future ones. More...
Posted
April 21, 2008 Québec investit
106 millions de dollars sur cinq ans pour accroître la protection
et la mise en valeur des aires protégées Pour en savoir plus...
Québec invests 106 million dollars
over five years to increase the protection and enhancement of protected
areas. More...
6
weeks left to nominate your environmental hero... Posted
March 26, 2008 The nomination deadline
for Earth Day Canada’s Hometown Heroes Award Program is less
than 6 weeks away, April 22, 2008. As you know, the most important
environmental action happens at the local level and we want to hear
from members of your community and environmental network. More...
Canadian
Parks for Tomorrow 40th Anniversary Conference May 2008 Posted January 22, 2008 In
May 2008 (8th - 13th) the University of Calgary will celebrate
the 40th Anniversary of the 1968 Canadian National Parks, Today
and Tomorrow Conference, one that helped define the role of parks
in Canada in light of international experience. Since then Canada
has emerged as a world leader in parks and protected areas. Four
decades after 1968 Canadians and global partners will again gather
at the University to consider the role of parks and protected areas
in our country and internationally. The conference will receive
both commissioned and contributed papers. Information regarding
submission of abstracts and conference registration can be found
at http://www.parks4tomorrow.ucalgary.ca.
Alberta’s
Plan for Parks Posted December
21, 2007 Premier Ed Stelmach recognized
the importance of Alberta Parks to maintaining the excellent quality
of life that exists in Alberta, and that a re-vitalization of the
Alberta Parks program was needed to continue to steward this legacy
for future generations. In 2007, Premier Stelmach directed Alberta
Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture (TPRC) to develop a plan
for parks and recreation areas to accommodate population growth
and improve quality of life opportunities. Alberta’s Plan
for Parks is being developed in response to this mandate, and will
provide a guide for moving forward in strengthening and enhancing
the Alberta Parks program into the 21st century, continuing to steward
parks and protected areas while keeping pace with population growth
and the contemporary needs of Albertans. More...
Case
Studies on Aboriginal Peoples and Canada’s Parks and Protected
Areas Posted December 4, 2007 Canada’s Parks Ministers released at their
September 2007 meeting a series of 25 case studies profiling the
leading collaborative work between Aboriginal peoples and Canada’s
park agencies. The case studies illustrate “best practices”
in the broad participation of Aboriginal people in diverse areas
of parks and protected areas planning and management across the
country. English and French copies of the compendium of case studies
are available on-line at the Canadian Parks Council website, and
Aboriginal translations of select case studies are being prepared. More…
Québec
inaugurates first northern park Posted
November 30, 2007 Officially opened
the province’s first northern park today, which will be known
as the Parc national des Pingualuit. The park covers an area of
1134 km2. Its operations will be fully managed by the Kativik Regional
Government. Although estimated at 1.4 million years old, the Pingualuit
crater is young. It is distinguished by its lack of erosion and
the exceptional quality of the water in Lake Pingualuk, among the
purest in the world. More... Québec inaugure son premier parc nordique Affiché le 30 novembre 2007 Ouverture officielle du premier parc nordique
du Québec, le Parc national des Pingualuit. Ce parc, dont
la gestion des opérations est complètement assumée
par l’Administration régionale Kativik (ARK), couvre
une superficie de 1 134 km2. Malgré son âge estimé
à environ 1,4 million d’années, le cratère
des Pingualuit est jeune. Il se démarque par ses formes peu
érodées ainsi que par la qualité remarquable
des eaux du lac Pingualuk, parmi les plus pures au monde. Pour en savoir
plus...
Newfoundland
and Labrador protects rare plant Posted
November 2, 2007 The Government of
Newfoundland and Labrador recently declared Sandy Cove Provisional
Ecological Reserve under the Wilderness and Ecological Reserves
Act and the Botanical Ecological Reserve Regulations, and in doing
so have protected an endangered plant, Long's braya (braya longii),
found nowhere else in the world. More...
Marilou
Bourdages, Université Laval - Winner of the 2007/08 Stan
Rowe Home Place Graduate Award
Mining
Exploration Conflicts in Canada's Boreal Forest
6
weeks left to nominate your environmental hero...
Case
Studies on Aboriginal Peoples and Canada’s Parks and Protected
Areas
Newfoundland
and Labrador protects rare plant
