Canadian environmental sustainability indicators : status of wild species.: En4-144/80-2017E-PDF

"Canada supports a remarkable diversity of life. About 80 000 species are known to exist in Canada, excluding bacteria and viruses. However, wild species face a variety of threats, including the loss, fragmentation and degradation of habitat; pollution; overexploitation; and fishery bycatch and other incidental loss due to resource harvesting. These indicators summarize the risk of species loss"--P. 5.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Title Canadian environmental sustainability indicators : status of wild species.
Variant title Status of wild species
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Indicateurs canadiens de durabilité de l'environnement : situation des espèces sauvages.
"May 2018."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-14).
Publishing information Gatineau, QC : Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2018.
Description 19 p. : col. charts
ISBN 9780660091006
Catalogue number
  • En4-144/80-2017E-PDF
Subject terms Nature conservation
Environmental indicators
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