Caring for Canada's Biodiversity
Caring for Canada's Biodiversity

Author: Canada. Biodiversity Convention Office

Publisher: Biodiversity Convention Office Environment Canada

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 52

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This report focuses on Canada's experience with respect to the implementation of Article 6 of the Convention on Biological Diversity, which stipulates, among other things, that each contracting party shall develop national strategies, plans, or programs for conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. The introduction reviews the nature of Canada's biodiversity, the importance of biodiversity to Canadians, the responsibility for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and the threats facing Canada's biodiversity. It then describes the background to the adoption of the Convention in Canada and the Canadian Biodiversity Strategy, and sets out some of the key challenges faced by Canada in its implementation of the Convention and its national strategy. These are discussed in the areas of science and information for decision making, training and education, legislation and incentives, integration of biodiversity considerations into decision making, and monitoring progress. The final section reviews Canada's experience in international co-operation on biodiversity projects. The annex contains an inventory of initiatives which illustrate the degree to which biodiversity conservation and sustainable use is being incorporated into policies, plans, and programs at the local, regional, and national levels.

Canada's Forest Biodiversity
Canada's Forest Biodiversity

Author: David John Neave

Publisher: Science Branch Canadian Forest Service Natural ADA

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 64

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This report profiles Canada's success in conserving forest biodiversity. It also assesses our progress in meeting commitments under the Canadian Biodiversity Strategy.

Biodiversity in Canada
Biodiversity in Canada

Author: Biodiversity Science Assessment Team (Canada)

Publisher: The Team

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 252

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This summary describes the biodiversity concept and what it means to Canada; evolutionary perspectives and general concepts; principal land use conflicts; effects of forestry, agriculture, urbanization, and fishing; exotic and expanding species; genetically modified organisms; effects of common pollutants; biodiversity and atmospheric change; the adequacy of the protected areas network; and a socio-economic evaluation.

Conserving Canada's Biodiversity
Conserving Canada's Biodiversity

Author: Krista Blackborow

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 40

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Many community groups are eager to take on projects to restore nature & conserve biodiversity. This directory lists organizations, companies, & foundations across Canada which provide funding for nature-based conservation projects. This guide gives an up to date list of programs that are sources of funding for community groups interested in conserving the environment & biodiversity. It gives a short program description, contact information, deadlines & funding information, & sponsors.

Governing Biodiversity through Democratic Deliberation
Governing Biodiversity through Democratic Deliberation

Author: Mikko Rask

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-05-15

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 131790950X

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This book discusses political controversies involved in global biodiversity policy, and the practical opportunities that are opened up in solving them through increased citizen participation and democratic deliberation. It examines the emerging practice of deliberative global governance and its political consequences. The collection focuses on the intersection of global biodiversity policy and the promise of deliberative democracy. In doing so, it examines how new discursive logics emerge in global citizen deliberation that might destabilize the impasses encountered in biodiversity negotiations, how a "global citizens’ voice" emerges in deliberative processes despite the dominance of national institutions in the lives of those citizens, the most effective and innovative ways to amplify the results of large-scale deliberations to policy makers and broader audiences, and how future citizen deliberations can be designed to make them fair, feasible and consequential processes, in general and for biodiversity issues in particular. This highly original contribution to the field provides theoretical discussions, empirical analyses and local experiences of biodiversity policy, making it an invaluable resource for students and scholars of environmental politics, governance and sociology, particularly those interested in deliberative democracy, citizen participation and biodiversity.