Fully Accounting for Canada’s Conservation Lands – Phase I: Assessing the Protection and Conservation Value of Lands Managed by the Conservation Authorities and Partners in Ontario (2017)

This project informs the development of a methodology to assess the protection status of conservation lands and waters managed by Ontario’s Conservation Authorities, and to comment on the potential contribution of these properties to Canada’s Biodiversity Goals and Targets and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Aichi 2020 Target commitments, particularly but not limited to…

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Fully Accounting for Canada’s Conservation Lands – Phase II: Assessing the Protection and Conservation Value of 12 Property Clusters Managed by the Conservation Authorities and Partners in Ontario (2018)

This project informs the development of a methodology to assess the protection status of conservation lands and waters managed by Ontario’s Conservation Authorities (CAs). The project enables commentary on the potential contribution of these properties to Canada’s Target 1 contained in Canada’s Biodiversity Outcome Framework and 2020 Goals and Targets, which reflects Canada’s commitment to…

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Best Practices for Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change in Project-Level Environmental Assessments (2017)

Climate change will have major implications for many proposed projects that require environmental assessments (EAs). This will include the effects of climate change both on the project and on the environmental impacts of the project. The Best Practices described in this report state how the effects of climate change can and should be addressed in…

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