Species at Risk and Endangered Species Acts

Question 1

What is the purpose of Species at Risk Act (SARA)?

Answer 1

• Help prevent the extirpation and extinction of more Canadian Wildlife
• Help recover species that might be endangered or on the brink
• encourage the management of other species of concern

Question 2

What are 3 components of the Species At Risk Act?

Answer 2

1. The law itself
2. The Accord
3. The Stewardship program

Question 3

What is the Stewardship Program based around?

Answer 3

• Most land where the species are at risk are privately owned, so we need those landowners’ help
  > financial incentives for them to help

Question 4

What is ‘The Accord’ under the Species at Risk Act?

Answer 4

Recognition by everybody that it needs to be a joint responsibility involving any groups, provinces, federal, first nations groups…

Question 5

***What are the 4 main Categories of species at risk, and three additional ones?

Answer 5

1. Extirpated
2. Endangered
3. Threatened
4. Special Concern

• Data deficient
• not at risk
• extinct (not really, b/c already gone)

Weird way of remembering the 4:
“EXiting ENDy (mattresses) THREATENs Sleep Cycles.

Question 6

What is the 5-step process followed for the Species at Risk Act?

Answer 6

1. Monitoring
2. Species Assessment
3. Response
4. Recovery
5. Program Evaluation

(weird way of remembering: MONITOR lizards SPEd Away, in RESPONSE to RECordings of PROmised Eggs.)

Question 7

(?please check this) Is it the Species at Risk Act or Endangered Species Act that is specific to Ontario?

Answer 7

Endangered Species Act

Question 8

What are the databases that the status of species are listed in?

Answer 8

• COSEWIC (Canada)

- COSSARO (Ontario)