Legislation Flashcards
1
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What is SARA?
A
- Species at Risk Act
- established in 2003
- to prevent wildlife in Canada from disappearing
- provide recovery and managemnt for extirpated, endangered or threatened wildlife species
2
Q
What is COSEWIC?
A
- Committee on the status of endangered wildlife in Canada
- established as an academic committee in 1977
- to have a single, official and scientifically sound national classification of the wildlife species at risk
3
Q
What is extirpated?
A
- wildlife gone from one geographical area but is still found in other parts of the world
4
Q
What is extinct?
A
- the wildlife are gone completely from everywhere on Earth
5
Q
Types of federal legislation:
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- Canadian Environmental Protection Act
- Fisheries Act
- Species at Risk Act
- Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
6
Q
Types of provincial legislation:
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- Environmental Management Act
- Environmental Assessment Act
- Forest and Range Practices Act
- Fish Protection Act
7
Q
What are laws, legislation and regulation?
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- legally binding and enforceable
- failure to comply leads to prosecution or discipline
- established by government
8
Q
What are guidelines?
A
- description of enhanced or best practices
- generally not binding
- used to evaluate and recommend improvement
9
Q
What are policies and position statements?
A
- describes general principle by which the organization is guided in the management of affairs or issues
- interpretive
