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Species at Risk Act

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8 SPECIES AT RISK PUBLIC REGISTRY

The SARA Public Registry fulfils the requirement under the Act for the Minister of the Environment to establish a public registry for the purpose of facilitating access to SARA-related documents. The Public Registry was developed as an online resource, and has been accessible since the proclamation of SARA in 2003. In addition to providing access to documents and information related to the Act, the Public Registry provides a forum to submit comments on SARA-related documents being developed by the Government of Canada.

Section 123 of SARA identifies documents that must be published on the Public Registry, including:

  • regulations and orders made under the Act;
  • agreements entered into under section 10 of the Act;
  • COSEWIC's criteria for the classification of wildlife species;
  • status reports on wildlife species that COSEWIC has had prepared or has received with an application;
  • the List of Wildlife Species at Risk;
  • codes of practice, national standards or guidelines established under the Act;
  • agreements and reports filed under section 111 or subsection 113(2) of the Act, or notices that these have been filed in court and are available to the public; and
  • all reports made under sections 126 and 128 of the Act.

The government also posts other documents prepared in response to the requirements of SARA, including recovery strategies, statement under 58(5) action plans, management plans, and reports on round table meetings.

Information in SARA’s Public Registry is maintained through the collaborative efforts of partners and stakeholders, and is an important tool in engaging and informing Canadians on species at risk issues.

In 2006, just under 500 documents were added to the Species at Risk Public Registry and approximately 400 in 2007.  Documents included the SARA and COSEWIC annual reports, COSEWIC status reports and species assessments, Ministerial response statements, recovery strategies, management plans and permit explanations.

In 2007, work began to integrate the Species at Risk Public Registry and the Species at Risk website. The project began as an effort to resolve the difficulties arising from maintaining two separate sites with overlapping information and purposes. In completing this project Environment Canada will be able to offer a better, single source for information relating to species at risk, as well as all documents relating to SARA.

Efforts in 2007 also focused on the production of e-mail newsletters to provide updates to Species at Risk Public Registry subscribers: please contact SARAregistry@ec.gc.ca to be added to the distribution list.

 

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