Sentences with phrase «species at risk»

More details are here on the day spent tracking Blanding's turtles, a species at risk in Ontario.

Marine Species at Risk in the Polar Regions, in collaboration with the Australian - Canadian Oceans Research Network and the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania (Hobart 2013)

But any such move might have to hurry a bit, because Environment Minister Peter Kent has just announced that Canada's polar bear, Ursus maritimus, is now a «species of special concern» under the Species at Risk Act, SC 2002 c 29.

There is clearly an enormous systemic problem within the relevant Ministries, given the respondents» acknowledgment that there remain some 167 species at risk for which recovery strategies have not yet been developed.

So how does our government protect species at risk in Canada?

We are going to court to make sure that one of Canada's most iconic species at risk is protected by the full weight of the law.

Jocelyn Stacey and Shaun Fluker (University of Calgary — Faculty of Law) have posted The Polar Bear is Not a Species at Risk in Canada (Contrary to what the Rest of the World Thinks): When is a Decision Not to List Unreasonable in Law?

It seeks a judicial review of changes made under the previous Harper government to the Fisheries Act, the Species at Risk Act, the Navigable Waters Protection Act and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.

thesis: «Keeping Up With the Feds: The Provincial Response to Canada's Species at Risk Act», Master's Thesis, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Graduate Studies in Law, June 2008.

Earlier this year, the Federal Court of Canada confirmed that the federal government has a responsibility to follow its own species at risk legislation.

In addition to these laws, which clearly protect animals for their own benefit, federal laws protect wildlife diversity, such as: the Species at Risk Act (S.C. 2002, c. 29) and the Canada Wildlife Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. W - 9).

Raincoast Conservation Foundation and Living Oceans Society argued that the NEB and Cabinet failed to comply with the statutory requirements of the Species at Risk Act (SARA) with respect to the significant adverse effects of the Project on southern resident killer whales and their critical habitat.

For example, they have required the federal government to actually come up with a plan for protecting an endangered species, as the Species at Risk Act specifically requires them to do.

Ninth Annual Western Canada Aboriginal Law Forum, «Species at Risk Legislation and Aboriginal and Treaty Rights» (inSight, May 28 - 29, 2012), with a presentation by Lisa C. Fong with Ming Song.

Lisa Fong and Ming Song co-presented on the topic of the Species At Risk Act alongside representatives of the Government of Canada, Barry Smith, Director of Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific & Yukon Region, and Dawn Pritchard, Counsel for the Environment Canada Legal Services Unit.

The resulting amendments to federal legislation in 2012, under Stephen Harper's government, had affected the Fisheries Act, the Species at Risk Act, the Navigable Waters Protection Act and the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

As they do, they disrupt the chain of life in their eco-systems, putting themselves and other species at risk.

The research provided information to forest managers to help conserve bird biodiversity and keep habitats safe for species at risk, including species like the Canada warbler, olive - sided flycatcher and the rusty blackbird.

Plant Species at Risk The Alps, which traverse Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, and Switzerland, host at least 4,500 plant species, more than a third of the flora recorded in Europe, including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants and almost 400 endemic species.

These threats have only been increasing since the first global assessment of bird species at risk of extinction was carried out in 1988.

Invasive species place a full third of globally threatened bird species at risk.

Some of these are recognized as species at risk and supposedly protected by any number of Provincial, Federal and International laws.

With the suspension on construction of the Ivanpah solor complex, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will further investigate its construction's effect on tortoises and determine whether finishing the project puts the species at risk.

A recent survey estimates that the red squirrel could be extinct in England within 20 years.hedgehogs, harvest mice, and Scottish wildcats were also identified as species at risk in spite of conservation efforts to save them.

Researchers report that flowers are blooming up to two weeks earlier than they did 70 years ago in Alberta because of the weather has become substantially warmer, and this may put the species at risk.

The zoo is also removing other products that contain palm oil, due to concerns that its production is driving rainforest destruction across Southeast Asia, putting orangutans and other species at risk.

Of international note: Amherst Island is an Important Bird Area of Global Significance on the Atlantic Migratory Flyway, and is home to 34 species at risk, including the Blanding's Turtle.

The number of sub-Saharan species at risk of extinction will rise by at least 10 per cent.

The macaw is just one of many magnificent animal species at risk from habitat destruction, including the jaguar, the night monkey, and the resplendent quetzal, Guatemala's national bird.

Personally, with the planet about to crash, I believe the climate change deniers should be prosecuted and incarcerated for putting the human species at risk.

This is forecast to cause increased droughts for more than a billion people, bring about widespread death of coral reefs, and put up to a third of all species at risk of extinction.

Fourth, where do we expect future refugia — locations where species at risk from climate change will persist under future climates?

But, as usual, we have a lot of deniers who cherry - pick data and present little, if any, facts to substantiate their claims, Personally, with the planet about to crash, I believe the climate change deniers should be prosecuted and incarcerated for putting the human species at risk.

«I believe the climate change deniers should be prosecuted and incarcerated for putting the human species at risk»

Critical - habitat designations ensure that federal agencies must study the impact that any activities they conduct or approve in that area might have on the species at risk.

As of October 2017, there were more than 2,000 registered activities exempted from ESA prohibitions against harm to species at risk and their habitat, for which no information has been publicly released.

The 2007 IPCC report notes that a rise in temperature of 1 degree Celsius will put up to 30 percent of all species at risk of extinction.

For the first time, an Environmental Review Tribunal had defined the measures it deems, based on the evidence and expert opinion presented before it, necessary to protect the species at risk.

Sushi and sashimi lovers take note: Overfishing has caused a dramatic decline in the bluefish tuna population, with the species at risk for extinction in some areas, according to a series of studies by the Census of Marine Life and other researchers.

For it presumes that killing a species at risk such as the golden eagle is equivalent to a cat killing a house sparrow.

The result was a captivating, awe - inspiring look at a valuable species at risk of becoming extinct because of human interference and negligence.

[citation needed] Gray whales are protected under Canada's Species at Risk Act which obligates Canadian governments to prepare management plans for the whales and consider the interests of the whales when permitting development.

«This strategy's four actions areas - tackling feral cats, providing safe havens for species at risk, improving habitat and intervening to avert extinctions - are commendable,» said Kelly O'Shanassy, Australian Conservation Foundation chief executive.

Twenty - three species at risk in Canada (COSEWIC 2012) are among the potentially vulnerable species identified; all of these birds nest on or close to the ground in open landscapes in southern Canada, two on islands.

However, hunting, poaching, and other forms of illegal take put many species at risk.

The official list of Bird Species at Risk increased from 47 to 86 between 2001 and 2014.

Species found only on islands (insular endemics) account for 81 % of the threatened species at risk from predators.

The official list of bird species at risk increased from 47 to 86 between 2001 and 2014, and some bird populations have declined by more than 90 per cent.

And we conserved habitat for 29 % of Canada's species at risk (16 % above target).

One example is Species at Risk.