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Ontario Government Proposes to Further Gut Endangered Species Rules for Developers

Enviromental Defense

MECP claims that these changes will improve implementation of the legislation, however, this is only true if you think better implementation of species protection legislation involves making it weaker. Ontario’s Endangered Species Act has been weakened throughout the years through policy changes, exemptions and poor implementation.

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On Incorporating Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Ocean Conservation

Ocean Conservancy

I invite you to read a recent piece by my colleague Jonathon Ross, Ocean Conservancy’s new director of Arctic Indigenous-led conservation. In this post, Jonathon speaks to the importance of trust, respect and stronger partnerships between conservation organizations and Alaska Native entities.

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Protecting Marine Mammals Through New Technology

Ocean Conservancy

This year marks the 50 th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a critical law that protects our country’s most imperiled species on land and at sea. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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Environmental groups heading to court to protect endangered piping plover population at Ontario beach

Enviromental Defense

Case challenges habitat protection provision under province’s Endangered Species Act. Habitat loss and degradation threaten the species’ survival and recovery – and beach raking has been identified as a threat to their habitat. Beach conservation and tourism can co-exist. Background.

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Environmental Defence congratulates the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party on its election win and seeks rapid action on key environmental issues 

Enviromental Defense

Do this by restricting the use of Minister’s Zoning Orders, reversing changes that weakened Conservation Authorities, the Growth Plan and Planning Act and the Endangered Species Act. For more information or to request an interview, please contact: Alex Ross, Environmental Defence, aross@environmentaldefence.ca.

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All About Sperm Whales

Ocean Conservancy

Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Now there are about 300,0000 sperm whales left, and they are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The post All About Sperm Whales appeared first on Ocean Conservancy. What is ambergris?

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The Dusky Gopher Frog Causes Big Problems for Industrial and Commercial Development in Parts of St. Tammany Parish

The Energy Law Blog

In 2010, under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“the FWS”) designated 6,477 acres in Mississippi and Louisiana as “critical habitat” for the Rana sevosa or the dusky gopher frog. Tammany Parish. A copy of the Fifth Circuit’s opinion can be found here.