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The Federal Policy on Wetland Conservation is applied on federal lands which constitutes approximately 29% of Canada's wetlands. [4] As such, the majority of wetlands within Canada are not protected under this policy which subsequently lies on the provincial or territorial policies and guidelines for protection. [4]
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The marshy wetland environment is a known stop for migratory birds and monarch butterflies, [41] and since 1987 is a Ramsar Convention Wetland of International Importance. [42] Prince Albert: Saskatchewan: 24 March 1927 3,875 km 2 (1,496 sq mi) 287,372
"No net loss" is defined by the International Finance Corporation as "the point at which the project-related impacts on biodiversity are balanced by measures taken to avoid and minimize the project's impacts, to understand on site restoration and finally to offset significant residual impacts, if any, on an appropriate geographic scale (e.g local, landscape-level, national, regional)."
A majority of the wetland is peat bog, although salt marshes occur along the coast, and marshes and wet meadows occur along the major rivers. The wetlands provide important habitat for migratory birds including shorebirds (e.g., yellow rail) and waterfowl (e.g., snow geese). Large mammals include polar bears and wolverines. [2]
The Grand Codroy Estuary is a 925 hectare wetland on the southwestern coast of the island of Newfoundland in Canada, approximately 30 km north of Port aux Basques.It is "[one] of the most productive of Newfoundland's few estuarine wetland sites", [2] and is "the province's most important wetland". [3]