ENSC 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Wwf-Canada, United Nations Environment Programme, World Wide Fund For Nature
31 Oct 2017
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Exs of organizations that work for species conservation. Oil + gas co. can also be up here. Canadian wildlife service (cws) responsible with wildlife services at the federal level: regulates wildlife management, ex. Conservation authorities: municipal and government funded agencies, management land for variety of reasons, primary reason for their control was flood control, also own a lot of land in terms of conservation areas. Iucn international union for conservation of nature: wwf world wildlife fund, wwf world wildlife fund canada, david suzuki foundation influencing group, cpaws canadian park and wilderness society, many different sub groups ex. Cpaws ontario: du canada girl guides of canada, ofah ontario federation of anglers and hunters. Important in wildlife management: kfn kingston field naturalists, capp canadian association of petroleum producers, forestry and mining companies. Incorporated at the provincial level but work at the local level. 800 species: species threatened with extinction and are or may be affected by trade.
