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Environment Canada works with a variety of partners to conserve and protect wildlife such as migratory birds and species at risk. The Department carries out this work through a variety of activities, including monitoring and tracking wildlife, enforcing regulations governing the hunting and smuggling of wildlife, and the protection of key habitats and ecosystems.
You can find out more information about conservation efforts in this section.
This atlas describes the status of woodland and woodland fragmentation in southern Quebec.
Find information here on preserving forest corridors in agricultural ecosystems.
This section contains links to information on marine and coastal ecosystems, freshwater and monitoring and research.
The Eastern Habitat Joint Venture is part of a unique collaborative waterfowl conservation strategy in Ontario.
This venture is part of a unique collaborative wildlife conservation and management strategy in Quebec.
This program has enabled individual and corporate landowners to protect their cherished piece of nature forever by donating ecologically sensitive land to an environmental charity or government body.
Find information here about the Ecological Gifts Program in Ontario.
Find information here about the Ecological Gifts Program in Quebec.
Environment Canada considers habitat protection vital to conserving wildlife and is making efforts to preserve the remaining wilderness areas that support healthy and diverse wildlife populations.
This section contains links related to habitat conservation in the Prairies and Northern Region.
This is one of the three main federal funding programs focussed on the protection and recovery of species at risk.
This program aims to re-establish and rehabilitate diverse native prairie habitat through appropriate restoration and management In the Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area in Saskatchewan.
Find information here on migratory bird sanctuaries in Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
This section offers information on migratory bird sanctuaries located in South-western Nova-Scotia namely, Port Joli, Port Hebert, Sable River and Haley Lake.
This section provides information on migratory bird conservation.
This initiative is the result of an agreement between Canada, Mexico and the United States to facilitate the conservation of North American native bird species.
This program aims to conserve migratory birds and their habitats in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
This strategy guides the Department's efforts in maintaining the diversity and abundance of shorebird species in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
This plan includes an updated five year blueprint for action aimed at prairie-wide efforts to conserve and manage native prairie species.
This section contains general information on the conservation of salt marshes in Atlantic Canada.
This section presents national species at risk information.
The public registry is the primary gateway to information and documents relating to the Species at Risk Act.
The Act establishes Schedule 1 as the official list of wildlife species at risk. It classifies those species as being extirpated, endangered, threatened, or a special concern.
This network has become an active and successful conservation program, working to identify and protect key shorebird areas and provides support to the reserves.