government links
federal, provincial, municipal & first nations
federal
Sustainable
development initiatives (policy & operations):
Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada
Environment
Canada
Fisheries
and Oceans Canada
Fisheries
and Oceans Canada (aquaculture)
Heath
Canada
Industry
Canada
Natural
Resources Canada
Transport
Canada
• All
department index
Federal
climate change sites:
Climate
Change (all departments)
Climate
Change (Environment Canada)
Canadian Round
Table on the Environment and the Economy - Six Sustainability
Indicators for Canada: forest cover, freshwater quality, air quality,
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, extent of wetlands, and educational
attainment.
Environment
Canada - Ecosystem information for BC and the Yukon
National
Pollution Release Inventory - Environment Canada's database
of information on annual releases to air, water, land and disposal or
recycling from all sectors
Fisheries
and Oceans Canada, Habitat and Enhancement Branch (HEB) - Information
about the role, activities and resources of the HEB in B.C. and the
Yukon.
Fisheries
and Oceans Canada - Community stewardship programs in B.C. and
the Yukon. Click here
to find program staff contacts in the Fraser Basin region.
Watersheds
- US-EPA strategy for protecting and restoring aquatic ecosystems.
Many water quality and ecosystem problems are best solved at the watershed
level.
• Economics
of Sustainability module.
provincial
Georgia
Basin Action Plan - Provincial and Federal governments working
toward sustainable communities.
Burrard
Inlet Environmental Action Program & Fraser River Estuary
Management Program - Inter-governmental partnerships that coordinate
the environmental management of the Burrard Inlet and the Fraser River
Estuary.
Regional Sustainable
Resource Management Plans - BC government.
Sustainability & Stewardship at Provincial Ministries:
Agriculture,
Food & Fisheries
Ministry of Environment
Environmental
Management Branch
Water, Air and climate Change
Branch
first nations
National
& provincial listings - includes links to BC tribal councils.
Union of BC Indian
Chiefs
BC regional distdricts
Cariboo
Regional District - City department list
Fraser-Fort George
Regional District
Fraser
Valley Regional District - Regional growth strategy and parks
planning.
Greater
Vancouver Regional District main
• Sustainable
Region Initiative
• Climate
Change
Thompson-Nicola Regional District
municipal
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
(FCM)
FCM
Knowledge Network Connect with other community development practitioners
at the FCM's Centre for Sustainable Community Development.
Union
of BC Municipalities (UBCM)
• New Environmental
Legislation: Impacts and Implications for Local Government (65k
PDF).
• Environment
Committee contact)
• Communities
& Resources Committee contact)
• Library
(policy papers, publications etc.)
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