CCEA’s work on helping to define Aichi Target 11 “Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures” receives international attention MPA News – International News and Ananlysis on Marine Protected Areas Vol. 16, No.5 May/June 2015 A brief examination of “other effective area-based conservation measures” and what they mean for MPAs For more issues … Read more…
Nova Scotia – News Release The province has legally protected the Eastern Shore Islands Wilderness Area and 22 other sites as wilderness areas or nature reserves. “The province’s wilderness-area designation of all Eastern Shore Crown islands, with Nature Trust’s progress to date on the private islands, means we are protecting … Read more…
The Canadian Council on Ecological Areas (CCEA) is pleased to announce that Karen Kalynka, Master’s Candidate in the School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, is the 2015 recipient of the Stan Rowe ‘Home Place’ Graduate Award for the proposal entitled “Private, Non-State Conservation in a Changing Landscape: A Canadian … Read more…
The World Parks Congress’ e-posters can now be discovered online. These consist of short slideshows on a variety of topics that were shown in Sydney during rapid fire presentations. You can browse all posters or search them by author, title or stream. View ePosters HERE … Read more…
The Canadian Council on Ecological Areas (CCEA) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for the 2012 Stan Rowe Home Place Graduate Award. APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 6, 2015 Home Place Award Advertisement The Award is: One or more cash awards of $2,000; Available to Master’s students in their first two years of … Read more…
The government is legally protecting 20 sites as wilderness areas or nature reserves, more than 14,000 hectares. The properties are identified in the province’s Parks and Protected Areas Plan. “It’s great news that these new protected areas have been created,” said Chris Miller, national conservation biologist for the Canadian Parks … Read more…
December 16, 2014 The Manitoba government is expanding Whiteshell Provincial Park by expanding the park boundaries to include 2,950 hectares of land and water, and increasing the protected area within the park by 20,375 hectares, Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh announced today. “The park expansion and increased protection … Read more…
Making Sense of Aichi Target 11 “Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures” David MacKinnon, Robert Hélie, Jacques Perron, Tom Beechey, Jessica Elliott, Claudia Haas, Jean Langlois, Chris Lemieux Reporting on Protected Areas Robert Hélie and Jacques Perron (Dr TidianeOuattara) Inspiration for Partnership with Inuit Communities Northern Parks in Québec Markusi Qisiiq, Catherine … Read more…
New Chitek Lake Provincial Park, Walter Cook Caves Ecological Reserve to Protect Unique Areas: Minister Mackintosh The Manitoba government has established Chitek Lake Provincial Park as the province’s 88th park and has permanently protected the Walter Cook Caves Park Reserve as an ecological reserve, Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord … Read more…
The CCEA is pleased to announce the 2014 recipients of the Stan Rowe ‘Home Place’ Graduate Award: 1. Andrew Plowright, Master’s Candidate in the Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, for the proposal entitled “Evaluating Human Footprint within Canada’s Biodiversity Hotspots”; and, 2. Jordan Benner, PhD Candidate, Resource Management, … Read more…
