Species At Risk Act
PSC Essay
The Species At Risk Act (SARA) is a piece of legislation in Canada that exists in order to prevent the disappearance of species considered at risk as well as to facilitate the recovery of species that have been identified as being either incapable of subsisting in the wild, or a special concern as they are identified as having potential to become extinct or endangered in the future as a result of human activity. It is designed with the intention to protect the habitats of species as well as the species themselves. Presently SARA has three schedules, one with the list of endangered species and two with lists of species that were decided to be deserving of the status at risk by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in …show more content…
The history of SARA begins in 1992 in Rio, Brazil at the UN Conference for Environment and Development, which resulted in the Convention on Biological Diversity and called for new measures ensuring sustainable development. Canada was one of the countries to sign a non-legally binding agreement to, “as far as possible and appropriate” follow through with regulation/management of biological resources in order to preserve them, and promotion of protectionist practices of species and their ecosystems, as well as rehabilitate those already degraded and plan the recovery of threatened species and populations through the development of proper legislation. Moral obligation led to Canada’s three attempts in the next 10 years to pass federal legislation. The first attempts which failed were Bills C-65 (Canada Endangered Species Act) and C-33 (Species at Risk Act) which were shut down in 1997 and 2000 respectively, at the same time as the federal elections. The next attempt was the Species at Risk Act (SARA) but the session was discontinued when parliament was prorogued and eventually an identical bill passed all stages in the House of Commons on October 9th, 2002. The passed bill possessed …show more content…
COSEWIC uses a variety of sources such as Aboriginal traditional knowledge as well as scientific data in order to gain proper insight into the status of species. Parks Canada is also involved, as they supply information regarding species that are within their domain. Information is collected by COSEWIC from outside sources through their registry online, the SARA Registry. This registry is then used as public consultation by the Minister of Environment as well as the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans depending on which species is being addressed. Based on these recommendations, the Governor in Council makes the decision whether or not to add a species to the species at hand to the list of species at
The Species At Risk Act (SARA) is a piece of legislation in Canada that exists in order to prevent the disappearance of species considered at risk as well as to facilitate the recovery of species that have been identified as being either incapable of subsisting in the wild, or a special concern as they are identified as having potential to become extinct or endangered in the future as a result of human activity. It is designed with the intention to protect the habitats of species as well as the species themselves. Presently SARA has three schedules, one with the list of endangered species and two with lists of species that were decided to be deserving of the status at risk by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in …show more content…
The history of SARA begins in 1992 in Rio, Brazil at the UN Conference for Environment and Development, which resulted in the Convention on Biological Diversity and called for new measures ensuring sustainable development. Canada was one of the countries to sign a non-legally binding agreement to, “as far as possible and appropriate” follow through with regulation/management of biological resources in order to preserve them, and promotion of protectionist practices of species and their ecosystems, as well as rehabilitate those already degraded and plan the recovery of threatened species and populations through the development of proper legislation. Moral obligation led to Canada’s three attempts in the next 10 years to pass federal legislation. The first attempts which failed were Bills C-65 (Canada Endangered Species Act) and C-33 (Species at Risk Act) which were shut down in 1997 and 2000 respectively, at the same time as the federal elections. The next attempt was the Species at Risk Act (SARA) but the session was discontinued when parliament was prorogued and eventually an identical bill passed all stages in the House of Commons on October 9th, 2002. The passed bill possessed …show more content…
COSEWIC uses a variety of sources such as Aboriginal traditional knowledge as well as scientific data in order to gain proper insight into the status of species. Parks Canada is also involved, as they supply information regarding species that are within their domain. Information is collected by COSEWIC from outside sources through their registry online, the SARA Registry. This registry is then used as public consultation by the Minister of Environment as well as the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans depending on which species is being addressed. Based on these recommendations, the Governor in Council makes the decision whether or not to add a species to the species at hand to the list of species at