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Consolidated Environmental Management Plan for Burrard Inlet / Appendices
Foreshore - the “intertidal” area between High High
Water (HHW) and Low Low Water (LLW) elevations.
Gateways - the point of entry into major trading regions.
Greenways - linear corridors reserved to protect
ecological functions and provide recreational
opportunities. Greenways include natural pathways,
developed pathways or trails and access points.
Green Zone - Green Zone lands are designated by
municipalities and Metro Vancouver and include
important open space lands such as watersheds
and fl ood plains, forests, wilderness areas, wildlife
habitats and wetlands, outdoor recreation and
scenic land and agricultural and forestry areas.
Green Zones are typically subject to increased
environmental review and planning to ensure
protection of key ecological functions.
Habitat - the environment in which fi sh,
wildlife or plants normally live or grow.
Habitat Compensation Bank - an area where fi sh
habitat has been rehabilitated or enhanced intended
to compensate for unavoidable fi sh habitat impacts
resulting from future development where on-site
compensation is impractical or inadequate.
Integrated Liquid Waste and Resource Management
Plan (for the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and
Drainage District and Member Municipalities) -
authorizes discharges to the environment (water,
air and land) associated with the management of
liquid waste (sanitary, storm and combined sewers)
in Metro Vancouver according to the criteria set
out in the plan and facility specifi c Operational
Certifi cates. The Plan is authorized and regulated
through the BC Environmental Management Act.
Intertidal vegetation - vegetation occurring on
the tidal area between the highest and lowest
tidal levels in Burrard Inlet. Mean high water in
Burrard Inlet averages between 4.4 metres and
1.1 metres for a mean tidal range of 3.3 metres.
Management Committee (MC) - the MC,
comprising senior managers from partner
agencies, is responsible for overall management
of the partnership and policy issues.
Migratory Birds Convention Act - federal legislation
that facilitates the protection of migratory birds as
defi ned in the Act. The Act contains regulations to
protect migratory birds, their eggs, and their nests
from hunting, traffi cking and commercialization.
Navigable Waters Protection Act - the federal
legislation governing and protecting the public’s right
to navigate Canada’s waters without obstruction.
Net Gain Policy Objective - the objective of Canada’s
Policy for the Management of Fish Habitat which is to
increase the natural capability of habitats to produce
fi sh for the nation’s fi sheries resources, to benefi t
present and future generations of Canadians.
No net loss - the guiding principle of Canada’s
Policy for the Management of Fish Habitat whereby
Fisheries and Oceans Canada will strive to balance
unavoidable fi sh habitat losses with fi sh habitat
replacement on a project-by-project basis so that
further reductions to Canada’s fi sheries resources
due to habitat loss or damage may be prevented.
Oceans Act - federal legislation promoting the integrated
management of oceans and marine resources.
Partners Committee (PC) - The PC, comprising
the principals of each of the funding partners,
provides strategic direction for the partnership.
Plan Implementation Committee (PIC) - The PIC,
comprising representatives of the Partners and of
municipalities and First Nations that border the Inlet,
is responsible for implementing the Consolidated
Environmental Management Plan for Burrard Inlet.
Protected areas - federal, provincial, regional
and municipal parks and other open space
protected by legislation or bylaw.