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IMPORTANCIA ECOLOGICA [3 records]

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Record 1 2026-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

Ecologically and biologically significant areas (EBSAs) are areas within Canada's oceans that have been identified through formal scientific assessments as having special biological or ecological significance when compared with the surrounding marine ecosystem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
  • Écologie (Généralités)
CONT

Les zones d'importance écologique et biologique (ZIEB) sont des zones au sein des eaux océaniques […] que des évaluations scientifiques officielles ont désignées comme ayant une importance écologique et biologique particulière par rapport à l'écosystème marin environnant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Oceanografía
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
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Record 2 2009-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

The second major theme relates ecological significance to the irretrievable loss of ecosystem components within specified time and space boundaries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
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Record 3 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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