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Major environmental groups applaud Ontario’s refusal to transfer Rouge Park lands

09 Tuesday Sep 2014

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… the draft federal legislation does not prioritize ecological integrity in park management and it does not honour a January 2013 Memorandum of Agreement signed between Parks Canada and the Ontario government requiring written park policies that ‘meet or exceed provincial policies.’

NGO media statement (September 3, 2014) applauds provincial meet or exceed stance.

NGO media statement (Sept. 3, 2014) applauds provincial meet or exceed stance. Click on image to view PDF.

Third Edition of “How Much Habitat is Enough?”

09 Tuesday Sep 2014

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How Much Habitat is Enough? Third Edition

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This publication FroM Environment CANADA is used in “land use planning, restoration projects and land securement initiatives across the multiple jurisdictions and has become a standard conservation biology and landscape ecology reference.”
Some of this publication’s key recommendations …
  • 30% to 50% minimum forest cover,
  • the greater of 10% wetland cover per watershed or 40% of historic wetland cover,
  • less than 10% impervious cover in a watershed
  • average grassland patches sizes of greater than or equal to 50 hectares.