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Fisheries Act
The current Fisheries Act received royal assent one hundred and forty-four years ago in 1868, and replaced statutes regulating fisheries in the former Province of Canada and in New Brunswick that were even older. Despite its age and claims by some politicians that the FA is static and ripe for change, it is a living document that has been amended 17 times. -
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary and International Lakes
The purpose of this Convention is to improve national attempts and measures for protection and management of transboundary surface waters and groundwaters. -
Birds Protected in Canada Under the Migratory Birds Convention
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Canadian Biodiversity Strategy
Biological diversity, or biodiversity, is a term that is becoming more and more heard, yet few people really know what it is. There are many definitions for it (see the first chapter of Gaston (1996) for a long list), but there are two that will be given here. The first is from the Convention on Biological Diversity, also known as the Rio Summit: "'Biological diversity' means the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecos -
Canada Ocean Act
National marine conservation areas are marine areas managed for sustainable use and containing smaller zones of high protection. They include the seabed, the water above it, and any species that occur there. They may also take in wetlands, estuaries, islands, and other coastal lands -
The Canadian Environmental Protection
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Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012
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The Canadian Environmental Protection Act
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Clean Air Act
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Environment Canada's Canadian Wildlife Service