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Learning from Nature: Canada – The Ecosystem Approach and Integrated Land Management
The monograph Learning from Nature: Canada – The Ecosystem Approach and Integrated Land Management is a Canadian contribution to the land use dialogue at the Eighth Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UN CSD), April 24 to May 5, 2000.
The monograph explains the concept of the ecosystem approach to resource management and how it is being applied in Canada. An ecosystem approach is fundamental to the management of marine and terrestrial ecosystems and their coastal interface. However, as the focus of Chapter 10 in Agenda 21 is managing land sustainably, integrated land use planning and management is featured and terrestrial ecosystems are covered in more depth than marine. Decisions concerning the environment and management of land resources are being made on a broader and more inclusive basis than in the past, keeping in mind that, as in nature, everything is connected and interdependent. Connections between people and the environment are recognized, including the short- and long-term implications of human activities along with the processes, components, functions, and carrying capacity of ecosystems.
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Copies of this publication have been made available to university, college, and public libraries through the Depository Services Program.
Cover photos: Pink Lake, Gatineau Park, Quebec. Photo credit: Antoni Romaszewski.
Canada's North. ©Canadian Museum of Civilization, photo by Daniel Clément.
Red-tailed hawk along the Trans-Canada Highway near the eastern border of Alberta. Photo credit: Patricia M. Dwyer.
©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2000
Cat. No. E2-136/12-2000
ISBN 0-662-64831-5
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This publication may be reproduced without permission provided the source is fully acknowledged. However, reproduction of this publication in whole or part for the purposes of resale or redistribution requires prior written permission from the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0S9.
Other monographs in the series are as follows:
- The Sustainable Management of Forests, Monograph No. 1
- Sustainable Transportation, Monograph No. 2
- Ensuring the Health of the Oceans and Other Seas, Monograph No 3
- Sustainable Development of Minerals and Metals, Monograph No 4
- Canadian Youth Perspectives on Sustainable Development, Monograph No. 5
- Canada and Freshwater: Experience and Practices, Monograph No 6
- Canada's Oceans: Experience and Practices, Monograph No 7
- Cultivating a Secure Future: Rural Development and Sustainable Agriculture in Canada, Monograph No. 8
- Sustainable Forest Management: A Continued Commitment in Canada, Monograph No 9
- Minerals and Metals: Towards a Sustainable Future, Monograph No. 10
- Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Development in the Canadian Arctic, Monograph No. 11
- The Contribution of Earth Sciences to Sustainable Land and Resource Management, Monograph No. 12
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