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Ministry of environment- What is recovery planning?
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identifies and facilitates steps for survival and recovery of species and ecosystems at risk. this involves the removal of threat, and maintenance of current population size and distribution
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CDC- BC conservation data center. what is the purpose
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Provides info on plants, animals, and ecosystems at risk in BC.
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SARA: species at risk act (2004).
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Prevents wildlife species from becoming extinct by legal protection of wildlife and diversity conservation.
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BC fact:size, fauna, facts, flora, classification by world wildlife fund
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Size:larger than most euro countries.
Fauna:More vertebrates live here than other provinces. Facts: 49% of canadas amphibians, 32% of canadas reptiles, >70% of canadas birds. More mammals than reptiles and amphibians. Classified: globally outstanding ecoregion. |
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Species listings:
Extinct Extirpated Endangered Threatened Vulnerable Peripheral Alien/exotic/introduced |
Extinct-Species no longer exists ex) sea cow, dawsons caribou
Extirpated- species no longer exists in a particular region, but still exists in others. ex) pygmy horned lizard Endangered- species that faces imminent extinction or extirpation. ex) tiger salamander, myotis Threatened- species that is likely to become endangered if actions aren't taken. ex) Van is. marmot vulnerable- a species that is specifically at risk because of low pop'tn. ex) coastal giant salamander, bighorn sheep, spotted owl. Peripheral- a species that barely extends into the area of political jurisdiction. ex) northern leopard frog Alien/exotic/introduced- species introduces by humans. ex) rat, bullfrog, starling |
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BC list:
red- blue- |
red- candidates for extirpated, endangered, and threatened lists.
blue- sensitive or vulnerable. |
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geological timetable and origin of the tetrapods
-eras -origin of tetrapods |
-precambiran, paleozoic, mesozoic, Cenozoic.
-tetrapods- cambrian, 540 m.y.a. |
