Word Wall Quiz 5 Flashcards
Canada’s Green plan
Legislation established by the federal government in 1990 design to set-aside 12% of Canada’s land as space free of human influence the legistlation was also designed to protect endangered threatened and vulnerable species and to restore their habitat
Wilderness
An area of land that is uninhabited and undeveloped by humans very few areas like this left across the world due to a variety of technological avances
Conversation authorities
They protect the natural conditions of rivers for the benefits of the citizens living within the Rivers watershed they also regulate flooding
Ecotourism
A growing form of recreational travel where people want to visit the exotic and the unusual and observe and learn about ecosystems
National Park system
A countrywide system of representative natural areas of Canadian significance designed to enhance public understanding appreciation and enjoyment well being maintained in a unimpaired state for future generations
Ecological integrity
That idea of maintaining the pure natural conditions of the whole ecosystem both living and nonliving forever including abiotic components composition and abundance of native species and biological communities rates of change and supporting processes