Institutional Arrangements for a System of Environmentally Significant Areas: The Case of the East Beaufort Sea Area, Canada

A method is described of matching environmentally significant areas (ESAs) with the most appropriate form of management for each, selected from all the available forms. This involves comparing the purpose, reasons for significance, existing uses, and tenure, of each ESA, with the characteristics of...

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Published in:Environmental Conservation
Main Authors: Nelson, J. Gordon, Smith, Paul G.R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1987
Subjects:
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Pollution
Water Science and Technology
Canada
Northwest Territories
Beaufort Sea
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892900016404
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0376892900016404
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Summary:A method is described of matching environmentally significant areas (ESAs) with the most appropriate form of management for each, selected from all the available forms. This involves comparing the purpose, reasons for significance, existing uses, and tenure, of each ESA, with the characteristics of agencies, protected area categories, legislation, and non-statutory arrangements for management, as well as examining agency coordination mechanisms or other means of implementation. The method was formulated for ESAs in the Northwest Territories (NWT) of Canada, but is considered to have wide applicability. It is illustrated with a test application to seven proposed ESAs in what is termed the eastern Beaufort Sea region.

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