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Publication of Canadian Content Standard Document for Protected Area Data
This project will prepare the final content of the Canadian Guidebook for the Application of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Protected Area Management Categories and publish the document for the Canadian protected area community.
The guidebook is a key contribution to the Canadian Conservation Reporting and Tracking System (CARTS) initiative, the online system through which Canadian protected areas locations and summaries will be shared. The use of the guidebook by protected area agencies will enable the CARTS project to track and report on the status of Canada's protected areas in a consistent, standard, and authoritative manner consistent with Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) principles.
The guidebook provides a Canadian interpretation of an international standard for protected areas led by the IUCN. Canada will now be able to contribute reliable data and statistics to the world community in response to commitments under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA). Canadian protected areas jurisdictions will also benefit from the project by having a solid foundation upon which to accurately analyze and compare their protected area networks. National mapping agencies can also benefit by being able to create consistent, authoritative, national protected area layers.
GeoConnections supports two priority areas of the environment and sustainable development community: Integrated Landscape Management and Environmental Assessment. With GeoConnections' support, planning authorities, regulatory boards, and environmental assessment agencies are using geospatial tools, technologies, and data more effectively than ever before. These entities are also developing standards and best practices that assist users to better manage Canada's lands, watersheds, and oceans.
This project contributes to both the Integrated Landscape Management and Environmental Assessment priority issues.
Primary Partner:
Canadian Council on Ecological Areas
Ontario;
Partners:
Environment Canada
Parks Canada
Funding From GeoConnections: $21,160.00 ( 24.7 %)
Estimated Inception Date: May, 2007
Estimated Completion Date: November, 2007
Deliverables from this project benefitted the following provinces: All provinces