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Banff National Park established
Canada's first National Park and the world's third, Banff National Park was created as a wilderness recreation park and vacation spa, but its guidelines did not contain any explicit conservation function.
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Great Lakes Water Quality Agrement
Amended in 1978 and 1987, this agreement between Canada and the United States originally dealt with attempts to reduce eutrophication (specifically, phosphorus loading) of the Great Lakes. Since then, it has expanded to include toxic substances as well.
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Wild life act
This act authorizes the acquisition of land by the federal government for the purpose of creating National Wildlife Areas; refuges under protection from habitat disturbance and hunting. This act also allows for marine areas to be recognized and protected
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World conservation strategy
This forerunner to the International Convention on Biological Diversity was developed with the goal of stimulating countries to implement national conservation strategies.
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United Nations World Charter for Nature
This resolution called for nations to recognize the vital role that nature plays in making our society possible and called on nations to preserve and promote conservation.
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Canadian Environmental Protection Act
CEPA is an amalgam of several acts concerning environmental standards, protection, and penalties for violation. It deals primarily with regulation of pollution.
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Wildlife Policy for Canada
This piece of legislation was a major step in a new way of looking at conservation, by emphasizing the maintenance and restoration of biodiversity and ecological processes, rather than the more common piecemeal conservation approaches that had been emphasized.
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Canadian environmental assessment act
This act was passed to ensure that rigorous environmental assessment would be performed for projects carried out by the federal government or Crown corporations and that the assessment would include public consultation.
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Canadian Biodiversity Strategy
Canadian Biodiversity Strategy was produced by a working group including federal, provincial, and territorial governments, academics, industry representatives and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The Strategy is a guide to carrying out Canada's commitments under the Convention on Biodiversity.
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Canada Oceans act
The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans may develop and implement initiatives to support sustainable development, and manage marine resources. In addition, the Minister may establish Marine Protected Areas and enforce Marine Environmental Quality guidelines.
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