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The Government of Canada is working with partners to protect aquatic species at risk in British Columbia | |
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2020-11-25 | |
发布年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 加拿大 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | November 25, 2020 Vancouver, British Columbia - The health of our marine and freshwater environment and the wildlife it sustains are critical to our country’s culture, well-being, and the economy. Yet some of the species that find their home in the waters, rivers, lakes, estuaries, and marshes in British Columbia are at risk due to climate change, habitat loss and other factors. The Government of Canada is taking action not only to protect these species, but to actively rebuild their populations. Today, on behalf of the Honourable Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Member of Parliament for Burnaby North-Seymour and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister, Terry Beech, announced up to $10.9 million in funding under the Canada Nature Fund for Aquatic Species at Risk for 13 projects in British Columbia, some of which are already underway. Some of the projects will address physical and acoustic disturbance threats to marine species at risk, as well as threats resulting from fishing interactions along Canada’s Pacific Coast. Others will tackle threats to the habitat of freshwater and salmonid species at risk in the Fraser and Columbia Watersheds. Work is underway for many of the projects, and will help the recovery of species such as Resident killer whales and Pacific populations of other whales, Chinook, Coho and Sockeye salmon, Steelhead trout, White sturgeon, Yelloweye rockfish, and many other species. Through this fund, established under the Nature Legacy initiative, the Government of Canada is helping to build a culture of conservation that empowers Canadian organizations to work together to protect our natural environments. This fund is taking an ecosystem approach to restoring and protecting aquatic species. Instead of targeting specific species, these projects aim to improve a priority place or a priority threat. This broader approach looks at improving the entire ecosystem – from the specific species at risk, the habitat they call home, as well as other species in the area. The Government of Canada established the historic $1.3 billion Nature Legacy Initiative in Budget 2018. The five-year, $55 million Canada Nature Fund for Aquatic Species at Risk supports a new approach to the conservation of aquatic species through targeted federal investments in priority places and to address priority threats to aquatic species at risk. The Fund makes it possible to support protection and recovery efforts by all partners, and support Indigenous capacity to conserve aquatic ecosystems and species. Quotes
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来源平台 | Government of Canada - Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/305241 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
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