Protecting Canada's Coastal and Marine Environment
Protecting Canada's Coastal and Marine Environment

Author: Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 44

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Canada's National Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (NPA) is a partnership between federal, provincial and territorial governments aimed at addressing the interface between fresh and salt waters, river basins and coastal environments to prevent marine pollution from land-based activities and to protect habitat in coastal zones of Canada. NPA focusses on addressing problems within 14 categories under 2 broad themes: contaminants; and physical alteration and destruction of habitat. This document describes each of the NPA categories and provides examples of ongoing actions.

Canada's Oceans Strategy
Canada's Oceans Strategy

Author: Canada. Oceans Directorate

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 44

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This strategy document presents the Government of Canada's policy statement for the management of estuarine coastal & marine ecosystems. The document first establishes the context in which Canada's oceans strategy is being developed & implemented. It then sets out a policy framework based on the principles of sustainable development, integrated management, and the precautionary approach, and identifies three policy objectives or outcomes for the advancement of oceans management activities: understanding & protecting the marine environment, supporting sustainable economic opportunities, and international leadership. Finally, it outlines actions for implementing the strategy under each policy objective. Appendices contain examples of integrated management initiatives currently under way on all three coasts.

Protecting Our Waters
Protecting Our Waters

Author: Canada. Public Review Panel on Tanker Safety and Marine Spills Response Capability

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 292

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This report considers the environmental impact of oil spills in Canadian waters, both marine and inland and including the Arctic, and discusses means of preventing them and of minimizing damage.

Canada's Oceans
Canada's Oceans

Author: Canada. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Publisher: Affaires étrangères et commerce international

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 52

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In recent years, growth in Canada's oceans sector has resulted in increased pressures on the ocean environment. In many areas, the biodiversity and ecological integrity of marine ecosystems are being threatened. There is a need to proactively conserve, restore, and protect marine ecosystem functions, species, and habitats for future generations. This document discusses Canada's Oceans Act and other initiatives such as the National System of Marine Protected Areas, and Programmes of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities. It looks at marine resource management, and at other factors that affect our oceans such as shipping and climate change. Includes selected readings and a list of web sites.

Sea to Sea to Sea
Sea to Sea to Sea

Author: Parks Canada

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 112

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The National Marine Conservation Areas System Plan is an important step in the process of creating a finite network of national marine conservation areas. The plan sets out an approach for the system's design in which Canada's three bordering oceans and the Great Lakes have been divided into 29 distinct marine regions, with a long-term goal of having a national marine conservation area within each region. The plan also attempts to portray each marine region with descriptions of its wildlife, marine and coastal environments, and current status of conservation areas in the region. The appendix includes a glossary and a list of marine-associated species assigned a status by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.

Oceans Governance in the Twenty-first Century
Oceans Governance in the Twenty-first Century

Author: Marcus G. Haward

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781782543169

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'This book is recommended for anyone wanting to quickly get up to speed with oceans governance, bearing in mind at this stage it is an immature and quickly developing field. The strength of the book is that it is grounded in real-world examples from four case study countries and in this context at the very least exposes the reader to emergent oceans governance and policy issues. . . an excellent starting point for further analysis of oceans governance and sets up a research agenda for the future.' - Murray Patterson, Journal of Ecological Economics

Canada and Marine Environmental Protection:Charting a Legal Course Towards Sustainable Development
Canada and Marine Environmental Protection:Charting a Legal Course Towards Sustainable Development

Author: David VanderZwaag

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1995-07-26

Total Pages: 592

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This thought-provoking book analyzes key principles of sustainable development and their implications for ocean law and policy, including: integration precaution pollution prevention polluter pays public participation community-based management and international equity. The author summarizes participation in global and regional agreements and arrangements for protecting the marine environment and suggests future directions for global, regional and national legal systems. For example, national law reforms include: establishing a coastal zone management framework developing a process for designating and managing marine protected areas adopting a precautionary approach in decision-making recasting the public trust doctrine