isolation requiring species

Biodiversity and forests || Safeguard and restore ecosystems that provide essential services Could include conservation areas, restoration, key species and ecosystem services || Prevent the extinction of known threatened species and improve conservation status Could include focus on key threatened species, conservation, poaching and illegal trade. || Reduce the rate of loss, degradation, and fragmentation of all natural habitats Could include protected areas and natural habitats fragmentation || Reduce deforestation and forest degradation based on sustainable forest management Could include, forest degradation, forest ...[+++]cover change, illegal logging, protected areas and sustainable forest management || Reduce levels of illegal trade in wildlife and timber Could include demand reduction, enforcement capacity, implementation, organised crime ||

The establishment of such a system will require additional funds which partly could be covered by 6th Framework Programme pilot projects aiming at setting up early services with actors requiring high-capacity communications and a reallocation of funds presently spent on monitoring at local, regional and national levels.

However, the conservation status of forest habitats and species covered by EU nature legislation shows no significant signs of improvement.

Question No. 654 Hon. John McKay: With regard to the proposed Rouge National Urban Park (RNUP): (a) how does the RNUP legislation and strategic plan incorporate the ecological integrity, water quality and quantity, and habitat restoration goals and priorities of (i) the Provincial Greenbelt Plan, (ii) the Rouge North Management Plan Section 4.1.1.2, (iii) the 2007 Rouge River Watershed Strategy and its targeted natural heritage system, (iv) the Little Rouge Corridor Management Plan (2007), (v) the Rouge Park Natural Heritage Action Plan (2008), (vi) the Toronto Great Lakes Area of Concern remedial action plan for Toronto, (vii) the federal report “How Much Habitat is Enough” and the recommendation of more than 30% ...[+++]forest cover and 10% wetland cover per watershed, (viii) the National Parks Act, (ix) the Ontario Provincial Parks Act, (x) the draft Rouge River Watershed Fisheries Management Plan (2011), (xi) the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, (xii) the Endangered Species Act, (xiii) other relevant provincial, municipal and federal legislation; (b) how has the government addressed the issues raised in the unanimous November 2012 City of Toronto Motion on RNUP; (c) why has the promised RNUP “Transition Advisory Committee” not been created, (i) what is the updated timetable for the creation of this committee, (ii) what individuals or entities will comprise the advisory committee, (iii) what mandate will the advisory committee be given; (d) what steps have Environment Canada, Parks Canada and the government taken to assess the water quality, biodiversity, migratory fisheries, climatic, flood and erosion control, public health and ecological service benefits of restoring the majority of the public lands in Rouge Park to forest, wetland and meadow vegetation; (e) will the federally-owned and provincially-designated Greenbelt “Natural Heritage System” and Oak Ridges Moraine lands in north Pickering be included as part of the RNUP Study Area; (f) will the “Federal ...