Protecting NWT Species at Risk, a Northern Approach (GNWT, 2001)
This discussion paper outlines the Government of the NWT's proposed approach to protecting species at risk through legislation establishing a recovery cycle including assessment, legal listing, automatic prohibitions, recovery planning, implementation, and periodic re-assessment. The document details mechanisms for listing endangered and threatened species, protecting critical habitat, and implementing recovery strategies with input from Aboriginal governments, co-management boards, and public consultation.
- Date
- 2001
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Northwest Territories Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Government of the NWT, Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), Wildlife Aboriginal Advisory Group
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, NWT, Banks Island, High Arctic, Low Arctic, Yellowknife, southern Canada
- Parameters
- species at risk, endangered species, threatened species, species of special concern, critical habitat, population decline, wildlife recovery, caribou, peregrine falcon, polar bear, grizzly bear, wood bison, bowhead whale, habitat protection, species assessment
- Pages
- 16
Original document
Loading the document…