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Posted April 21, 2008 Québec investis 106 millions de dollars sur cinq ans pour accroître la protection et la mise en valeur des aires protégées Pour en savoir plus... Québec invest 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...

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