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Sign on the limit of Nicolet Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Quebec. Migratory Bird Sanctuaries are created in Canada under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994. They are administered by the Canadian Wildlife Service. [1] The first sanctuary in North America, Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary, was created by federal order-in-council in 1887.
The Migratory Birds Convention Act (also MBCA) is a Canadian law established in 1917 and significantly updated in June 1994 which contains regulations to protect migratory birds, their eggs, and their nests from destruction by hunting, trafficking and commercialization. A permit is required to engage in any of these activities.
To save this bird, The Migratory Bird Convention Act (1994) is made to help protecting the ecosystem. [19] In 2009, COSEWIC (Canada) designated the horned grebe as an endangered species from the Magdalen Islands and considered it a special concern species in the Western part of Canada. Also, in 2011 SARA (Canada) announced this species as ...
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (MBTA), codified at 16 U.S.C. §§ 703–712 (although §709 is omitted), is a United States federal law, first enacted in 1918 to implement the convention for the protection of migratory birds between the United States and Canada. [1]
In 1929, the family's property was designated as a federal migratory bird sanctuary by the government of Canada, after an application by Shelby Walker, Colonel Walker's son. From 1929 to 1952, part of the property was leased to several Chinese families, who used the land to establish market gardens. [1]
Established on December 12, 1931, The Esquimalt Lagoon Migratory bird Sanctuary was created in Colwood, British Columbia, with the objective of providing a safe haven for migratory birds on the Pacific coast. [2]
The Victoria Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctuary or VHMBS is a 30 km protected area on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Canada, in the Greater Victoria metropolitan area. [1] It is located within the traditional territory of the Lekwungen People. [ 2 ]
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