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1885: Banff national park establised
Canada's first and the worlds third, Banff national park was created as a wilderness recreation park and vacation spa, but it's guidelines did not contain any explicit conservation functions. -
1916: migratory birds protection convention
migratory bird habitat spans more than a country, international co-operation is required to protect them. this treaty was negotiated between Canada and the united states to halt the extinction and to establish regulations for their cross-boundary protections. however, the original migratory bird law only protected which were deemed important or usefull to humans -
1971: department of the environment act
environment and climate change Canada's I to assess , monitor and protect the environment , and to provide weather and meteorological information to keep Canadian informed and safe. -
1972: great lakes water quality agreement
amended in 1978 and 1878, this agreement between Canada and the united states originally dealt with attempts to reduce eutrophication of the great lakes. -
1973: canda wilderness act
the act authorizes the acquisition of land by federal government for the purpose of creating national wilderness areas: refugees under protection from habitat disturbance and hunting. the act also allows for marine areas to be recognized and protected. -
1980: world conservation strategy
this forerunner to the international convection on the biological diversity was developed with the goals of stimulating countries to implement national conservaton stratay -
1988: diversity united natons environment programme
the second Ad Hoc working group of experts on biological diversity met in November 1988 to explore the need for an international convention on biological diversity. this group, convened by the UNEP governing council, was charged with the responsibility of assessing whether a convention on biological diversity was needed and what form such a convention might take. -
1992: agenda 21
agenda 21 is an agreement between more than 178 states and UN organizations outlining goals for environmental action and sustainable development in the twenty first century. this farsighted agreement made suggestions on social and economic dimensions, natural recourses, and strengthening the voice that traditionally marginalized groups have. -
2000: species at risk act
this act was killed when the election call was made in October 2000. the species at risk act would not only directly protected the animal, their habitat to. SARA would have provide for scientific assessment to the status of species through an organization (COSEWIC) operating at arm's length from the federal government and would have applied to all lands in Canada. -
2015: paris accord
the Paris agreement builds upon the convention and brings all nations into a common cause to under take ambitious efforts to combat climate change an adapt to its effect, with enhanced support to assist developing countries to do so. as such, it charts a new course in the global climate effort.