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Canada's Federal Marine Protected Areas Strategy : Stratégie fédérale sur les aires marines protégées du Canada

7 Jun 2005

The drive for a Federal Marine Protected tion of Canadians in the marine protected area Areas Strategy ensued from the need for a coopera- network; and tive and collaborative approach to the development • link Canada’s network of marine protected areas of a network of federal marine protected areas in to continental and global networks. [...] The report indicated that “the complementary nature of the marine protected area programs of The health of Canada’s marine and coastal ecosys- Parks Canada, Environment Canada and Fisheries tems continues to decline due to an ever increasing and Oceans Canada – and increasing coordination range of threats, including land and sea-based among the three agencies – should facilitate the sources of pol [...] Priority threats, the sheer immensity of Canada’s marine recommendations include funding and imple- and coastal environment, the relative lack of scien- mentation of the Oceans Action Plan, including tific understanding of ocean species, habitats and establishment of a national network of marine processes and the fluid, multi-dimensional and protected areas. [...] The development of strategic partnerships, and the Canada’s Federal Marine Protected Areas Strategy 7 Its intent is to clarify the roles and responsibilities of federal departments and agencies with marine Marine Protected Areas Network protected area mandates and illustrate how federal marine protected area programs can collectively be The Federal Marine Protected Areas Strategy used to create a [...] A network of marine protected areas marine protected area efforts in this way may can also be developed with land-based or upland enhance the benefits of marine protected areas and impacts or threats in mind and can be strategically provide a mechanism to conserve and protect the and ecologically linked to networks of terrestrial structure and function of larger marine ecosystems.
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ISBN
0662690761
Pages
18
Published in
Canada

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