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The Canadian Wildlife Service or CWS (French: Service canadien de la faune), is a Branch of the Department of Environment and Climate Change Canada, a department of the Government of Canada. November 1, 2012 marked the 65th anniversary of the founding of Service (originally known as the Dominion Wildlife Service).
National parks of Canada are protected natural spaces throughout the country that represent distinct geographical regions of the nation. Under the administration of Parks Canada, a government branch, national parks allow for public enjoyment without compromising the area for future generations, including the management of Canadian wildlife and habitat within the ecosystems of the park.
Canada established the world's first national park management agency the Dominion Parks Branch now Parks Canada in 1911. [11] In 1916, Canada and the United States signed the Migratory Birds Convention, which regulates the hunting of transcontinental migratory birds under the Migratory Birds Convention Act. [12]
It is the "Columbia Wetlands" which have a great diversity and variety of wildlife. In particular, they are important resting and breeding habitats for waterfowl and migratory birds of the Pacific Flyway. To protect critical wetland habitat for migratory birds, it was created as a protected area in 1978 by the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS). [2]
A National Wildlife Area is a conservation designation for a geographical region in Canada that restricts most human activities on that region. [1] However, land use permits may be issued "for activities that are compatible with conservation". [ 1 ]
The Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), and Inuit from Grise Fiord, co-manage the Wildlife Area as the Nirjutiqavvik Area Co-Management Committee (ACMC). The management was established in the Nunavut Settlement Area under the Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement (IIBA) for National Wildlife Areas and ...
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. Provinces
The Canada Wildlife Act (French: Loi sur les espèces sauvages du Canada) is a statute of the Government of Canada. It specifies the requirements for a geographic area in Canada to be designated a National Wildlife Area by the Canadian Wildlife Service division of Environment Canada .