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ECOLOGICAL PRESERVE [1 record]

Record 1 2009-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Environmental Management
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
CONT

The Government may, by regulation, establish as an ecological reserve any territory composed of public lands if it considers that measure necessary: a) to preserve such territory in its natural state; b) to reserve such territory for scientific research and, if need be, for education; or, c) to safeguard animal and plant species threatened with disappearance or extinction.

OBS

Term used by Parks Canada.

Key term(s)
  • ecological preserve

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
DEF

Aux termes de la loi, terres publiques que le gouvernement réserve, soit pour la conservation à l'état naturel, soit pour la recherche scientifique et, s'il y a lieu, l'éducation, soit encore pour la sauvegarde des espèces animales et végétales menacées de disparition ou d'extinction.

OBS

Loi sur les réserves écologiques.

OBS

Terme en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
  • Parques y jardines botánicos
DEF

Área terrestre, marina o una combinación de ambas, en estado natural o seminatural, designada para proteger la integridad ecológica de ecosistemas o parte de ellos, de importancia internacional, regional o nacional y manejada principalmente con fines de conservación de ecosistemas.

OBS

Las reservas, a diferencia de los parques nacionales, pueden o no contener ecosistemas completos y presentan un grado de naturalidad menor o son relativamente de menor tamaño.

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