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Balancing Act: Ballast Water Treatment Technologies to Address Invasive Species Problem
Shipping moves over 90 per cent of the world's commodities and transfers approximately 3 to 5 billion tonnes of ballast water internationally each year. While ballast water is necessary to properly balance a ship, it is also a significant source of invasive species and a major environmental concern from the Indian Ocean to the Great Lakes.
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- Canada's Wild Bird Influenza Survey Now in its Third Year [2007-08-02]
- Ecological Gifts Program in Quebec: Donor Profiles [2007-05 -14]
- What's New at the St. Lawrence Centre Documentation Centre? [2007-04-27]
- Surveys of Geese and Swans in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Western Canadian Arctic, 1989-2001 [2006-11-23]
Nature
Canada is the second largest country in the world. Since eighty-five percent of its population is located along its southern border, much of the country is wilderness.
Environment Canada manages nearly 12 million hectares of land as part of its duty to protect migratory birds, species at risk, and significant wildlife habitat. It also controls the international trade in endangered species, regulates the hunting of migratory birds, and conducts research on domestic wildlife.
This section contains information on the natural environment and the Department's efforts to preserve, protect and restore it.
