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the third national park to be formed in the world (and Canada's first), its now the 16th biggest park in Canada, and was one of the 3 most influential parks in the entire world.
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this was the decision made by the Canadian and American government to share water equally among the 2 countries
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in 1971 the government decided that they should have a department for the protection and enhancement of the environment, that's when the department of the environment was formed, increasing the natural environments quality (including water and air)
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this was am agreement with america to try and reduce pollution and toxins from going into the great lakes
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this united nations convention was to try and deal with issues of sustainable fisheries
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this act was to form a plan to help out pieces with low populations and to prevent or grow species that are endangered
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this policy protects habitat with a bunch of national wildlife areas (marine and terrestrial). these can be used for research and a couple other things.
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the government made plans to create a sustainable forest management and decided on different classifications of forests
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agenda 21 is where more than 100 countries signed to try and take action and make sustainable environments for the 21st century
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this agreement made 175 states agree to lower greenhouse gas emissions, i know its not specifically Canada but i thought i would put it in here, it's pretty important in my opinion.
