Ontario's Natural Heritage Areas - Ministry of Natural Resources

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Ontario’s natural heritage areas often have multiple designations, which complicate any enumeration of the total land and water area assigned protection status. This overlay or stacking of multiple categories would require an accurate rule-based GIS assessment in any effort to calculate the total area that is ‘partially protected’ or ‘fully protected’. This report does not provide such an analysis.
4. International Designations and Mechanisms Introduction Canada is signatory to a number of international treaties and conventions, including the 1971 Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar), the 1972 Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Paris), the 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Washington), and the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (Rio de Janeiro). Introduction The International Biological Programme (IBP) was a 10-year initiative (1964-1974) sponsored by the International Council of Scientific Unions that entailed “a worldwide plan of research concerned with the biological basis of productivity and human welfare” (Clapham, 1980; Worthington, 1968 in Nicholson, 1968:1). The IBP was divided into seven areas of enquiry and research, including the Conservation of Terrestrial Communities Section (CT) (Box 4-1), which dealt with the inventory and assessment of natural areas for conservation purposes. As such, the International Biological Programme was a forerunner to current conservation initiatives, which recognized the important contribution that protected areas made toward achieving ecological sustainability and biodiversity conservation (Box 4-2). The CT component of IBP (IBP/CT) was staged in cooperation with the International Commission on National Parks of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and involved 55 countries (including 155 administrative areas such as provinces and states) (Clapham, 1980). Participation in these and others international programs can result in the designation of special, qualified sites. International designations relevant in Ontario include: • International Biological Programme Sites. • Ramsar Convention Sites. • Biosphere Reserves. • World Heritage Sites. • Important Bird Areas. 4.1 International Biological Programme Sites Box 4-1. Program sections of the International Biological Programme. • Production Processes (PP) • Production of Freshwater Communities (PF) • Production of Marine Communities (PM) • Production of Terrestrial Communities (PT) • Use and Management of Biological Resources (UM) • Conservation of Terrestrial Communities (CT) • Human Adaptability (HA) The aim of IBP/CT was to compile standardized inventories and assessments to determine the extent to which world ecosystems were epresented and conserved in protected areas, and to describe new sites that should be included in regional and global networks of protected areas. 81 Ontario’s Natural Heritage Areas
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