Publication #19 - Protected Areas and Climate Change in Canada 2010: Challenges and Opportunities for Adaptation
This publication, sponsored by the Canadian Council on Ecological Areas (CCEA) in collaboration with the University of Waterloo, reports on the results of the first national synthesis on the state of climate change adaptation in Canada’s expansive protected areas sector. The report covers five aspects: 1) provides an overview of global and Canadian climate change issues and impacts and their implications for protected areas in Canada; 2) summarizes the results of a national survey to report issues, needs and constraints facing protected areas agencies and organizations across Canada; 3) reports case work on selected jurisdictional activities and initiatives in Canada, currently underway or planned, that are directly relevant to protected areas; 4) offers provisional thinking on issues, mitigation and adaptation strategies regarding critical aspects of policy, planning and management for protected areas; and, 5) provokes a call to action for protected areas agencies in Canada to develop a coordinated approach to climate change adaptation.

2010 (English), 170 pgs. Available for Order or Download (75 MB).

Publication #18 - Canadian Guidebook for the Application of IUCN Protected Area Categories 2008
This guidebook has been prepared by experts from protected area agencies across Canada to provide further explanation to the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Guidelines of 1994, an international system to categorize and report on protected areas at the global level. This guidebook reflects current Canadian thinking on the IUCN classification system and provides a common tool for all Canadian jurisdictions to improve consistency in classifying protected areas and encourages cooperation in protected areas assessment and reporting.

2008 (English or French), 66 pgs. Available for Order.

Publication #17 - Protected Areas in Northern Canada: Identifying Ecological Areas to Represent Mammals
Building on the conclusions of NPA1, this report is a case study of the Western Canadian Mammalian Province, which is largely coincident with Canada's boreal ecozones east of the cordillera. The focus of this case study is the testing of an optimization model for representing disturbance sensitive mammalian species in protected areas large enough to maintain species diversity. This paper contains potential applications by protected area agencies and ENGOs conducting gap analyses throughout this region.

2007 (English), 52 pgs. Available for Order or Download (8.0 MB).

Publication #16 - Protected Areas in Northern Canada: Designing for Ecological Integrity
This report reviews and assesses science-based approaches appropriate for the design of protected areas in northern Canada. It contains results of a pan-Canadian survey of protected area agencies and practitioners. A central thesis of this report is that large protected areas with inherent ecological integrity are cornerstones in efforts to conserve wildlife and the ecological processes necessary to sustain them.

2005 (English), 110 pgs. Available for Order or Download (2.6 MB).

Publication #15 - Guidelines for Completing Jurisdictional Reports
Annually, each jurisdiction, including several federal government departments, and provincial and territorial governments, is encouraged to file a single report for their jurisdiction covering those programs and initiatives relevant to the aims and interests of the Canadian Council on Ecological Areas (CCEA).To streamline the reporting process and reports, the CCEA Executive has established guidelines and a standard reporting format. The first guidelines were adopted in 1986 (Occasional Paper No. 3). These latest guidelines were adopted in 2002 and now summarize jurisdictional activities along eight themes.

2002 (English), 10 pgs. Available for Download (182 KB)

Publication #14 - A Perspective on Canada's Ecosystems - An Overview of the Terrestrial and Marine Ecozones
E. Wiken, D. Gauthier, Ian Marshall, Ken Lawton and Harry Hirvonen.

1996 (English), 95 pgs. Available for Download (8.7 MB)

Publication #13 - Canadian Council On Ecological Areas Framework for Developing A Nation-Wide System of Ecological Areas. Part 2
Ecoregion Gap Analysis
D. Gauthier, K. Kavanagh, T. Beechey and E. Wiken editors.

1995 (English), 52 pgs.

Publication #12 - Canadian Council on Ecological Areas Framework for Developing a Nation-Wide System of Ecological Areas. Part 1
A Strategy.
D. Gauthier, editor.

1992 (English), 50 pgs.

Publication #10 - CCEA Annual Meeting Ottawa 1990
Selected Papers and Workshop Results.
J.R. Reid, editor.

1990 (English), 107 pgs.

Publication #9 - Marine Ecological Areas in Canada
Robert Graham, editor.

1990 (English), 194 pgs. Available for Download (9.1 MB)