Environmental Resource Management

A Comparison of Resources Management Programs

Introduction

Canada today is lauded for the efficiency of the environmental resources management programs that have been implemented by its individual provinces and territories . Canadians have been well aware of the need to preserve the natural riches and abundant resources that their home country has been endowed with . Various programs have been designed , organized and run to oversee the upkeep of such environmental resources

The management of wildlife resources is among the major concerns tackled by such programs , in the light of the increasing

numbers of species that are already extinct or are currently at risk (See Appendices I to VIII

In response to this adverse trend , there have been acts and legislations enacted in Canada to protect all the wildlife species through all means of conserving them and of eliminating possible threats to their survival , as follows (Environment Canada website

Laws and Regulation

p Migratory Birds Convention Act of 1994

Implemented under the terms of a treaty with the United States , this Act aims to synchronize and collaborate the efforts of the two countries to protect migratory bird populations Canada Wildlife Act Targets to plan out for , to make and to ensure the sustainability of more wildlife areas in Canada Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITTA

Seeks to protect both animal and plant species from being illegally traded , and to keep harmful species from getting into Canadian ecosystems Species at Risk Act (SARA ) Protects and...