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Welcome to the Canadian Council on Ecological
Areas Bulletin Board. Here you will find news and happenings from
Canada's governmental, non-governmental,
and academic partners in protection. Through open sharing of information,
we aim to foster networking, partnering and excellence in the management
of our treasured protected areas.
If you have news you would like to contribute please contact the CCEA Website Administrator. The submission requirements can be found here. Thank you for your interest in the CCEA.
To view past bulletin postings please visit our Archives.
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Areas Database for the United States (PAD-US) v1.1 now available Posted May 31, 2010 The U.S. Geological Survey, National Biological Information Infrastructure, Gap Analysis Program (GAP) recently released an updated version of the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-USv1.1) and a redesigned mapping application for viewing or downloading the data. More... |
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on Québec's Marine Protected Areas Posted May 27i, 2010 Short description: Held on June 10th and 11th, in Rimouski (Québec), Canada, this event wishes to be a place of exchange between all parties concerned with marine conservation in Quebec: government authorities, industry, resource users, academia, First Nations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), etc. More... |
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Portrait of Québec's Network of Protected Areas Posted May 27, 2010 Québec unveils a unique work in the field of protection of biological diversity, the Overview of Quebec's Protected Areas Network - Period 2002-2009, This document lays out the significant advances made by Québec in the area of the protection of nature over the last seven years, advances which have been achieved by the establishment of a network of protected areas which meet the most stringent of international protection criteria. More... |
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Global protected areas and IUCN
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 Government
of the Northwest Territories and Kátlódeeche First Nation
work together to advance Candidate Critical Wildlife Area through
the NWT Protected Areas StrategyPosted March 24, 2010 The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) sponsored the Buffalo Lake, River and Trails Area of Interest, proposed by the Kátlódeeche First Nation. The area is the first site to receive sponsorship from the GNWT and is now a Candidate Critical Wildlife Area. Following sponsorship, a working group will be formed to advance the area through the process identified in the NWT Protected Areas Strategy. More... |
 Ontario’s
Natural Heritage Areas Posted March 22, 2010 Their Description and Relationship to the IUCN Protected Areas Classification System contains a reference guide to Ontario’s variety of natural heritage areas and a provisional assessment of their relationship to the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) protected areas classification system. More... |
| IUCN sponsored a one-day meeting of experts in Toronto to focus on the findings of the Natural Solutions report (first released in Copenhagen). Here is the newswire story, including an open letter sent to Canada’s first ministers. More... |
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New National Park Reserve to
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 Manitoba’s
Newest Protected Wildlife Management AreasPosted: January 6, 2010 Recently, Manitoba designated two new protected areas in the Hudson Bay Lowlands. The Kaskatamagan Wildlife Management Area stretches along the Hudson Bay coast from the mouth of the Nelson River to the Manitoba-Ontario border. It contains 259,530 protected hectares in the WMA’s core, including coastal marine area. The Kaskatamagan Sipi Wildlife Management Area located further inland, protects 133,820 hectares in the Taiga boreal forest – Arctic tundra transition zone. Boreal areas store more carbon than any other ecosystem and it has been estimated these two protected areas alone store approximately 179 million tonnes of carbon in their peatlands and soil. More... |
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As with the terrestrial ecosystems, Canada shares many marine ecosystems and marine resources with the United States and Mexico in particular. The North American wide system of marine ecosystems hosts an incredible array and diversity of natural resources, from the northern Arctic Oceans through to the more southern Atlantic and Pacific waters. They are important for varied biodiversity conservation and socio-economic reasons. However, the integrity and sustainability of these marine ecosystems are under threat from pressures such as pollution, fishing practices, oil and gas exploration, etc. Further understanding these marine ecosystems is a positive step in assisting governments, conservation organizations and industry to better manage and conserve them now and into the future. The CCEA was central partner in contributing to the Marine Ecoregions
of North America, a new book and maps produced by the Commission
for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The CEC ( www.cec.org ), marine
book/maps was multiple year and joint effort conducted by American,
Canadian and Mexican organizations and professionals (ecologists,
marine biologists, geographers and managers). It product classifies
the surrounding North American oceans into 24 major ecoregions and
then smaller accompanying sub-ecoregions. Through maps, photos and
detailed information on habitats, biophysical features and human
activities, the book describes the diversity of oceans from the
Beaufort Sea to the Gulf of Mexico, covering the continent's territorial
waters in the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. More... |
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& Management of Protected Areas Association News
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