Compendium of Canada's engagement in international environmental agreements and instruments. Memorandum of Understanding Among the Department of Environment and Climate Change Canada, The Office National...: En4-381/1-67-2018E-PDF

"Many species of migratory shorebirds that breed in the Arctic and the boreal forest of North America and winter in the Caribbean and South America are showing major population declines. The specific causes for thepopulation declines have not all been identified, but shorebird experts agree that the unregulated hunting ofshorebirds in the Caribbean and South America could be affecting populations and offsetting conservationmeasures taken on the breeding grounds and elsewhere. The need to quantify and address the effect that unregulated hunting has on populations has been identified as a high priority by the international shorebirdconservation community. Hunting pressure on shorebirds exists in Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Barbados, Brazil and Suriname. The lack of information on species-specific harvest rates throughout the Atlantic Flyway is a major impediment to informing sustainable hunting regulations. In addition, information on population sizes and demographic parameters have limited the ability to determine the impact of harvest on populations"--Plain language summary.

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Department/Agency Canada. Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Title Compendium of Canada's engagement in international environmental agreements and instruments. Memorandum of Understanding Among the Department of Environment and Climate Change Canada, The Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage of the French Republic and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States of America, Related to the Conservation of Shorebirds in the Western Atlantic Flyway.
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Recueil des engagements du Canada aux accords et instruments internationaux en matière d'environnement. Protocole d'entente entre le ministère de l'Environnement et du Changement climatique du Canada, l'Office national de la chasse et de la faune sauvage de France et le United States Fish and Wildlife Service des États-Unis d'Amérique concernant la conservation des oiseaux de rivage dans la voie migratoire de l'Atlantique Ouest.
"Compendium edition: October 2018."
Issued also in HTML format.
Publishing information [Gatineau, Quebec] : Environment and Climate Change Canada = Environnement et changement climatique Canada, 2018.
©2018
Description 1 online resource (2 pages)
Catalogue number
  • En4-381/1-67-2018E-PDF
Subject terms Shore birds -- Conservation -- Western Hemisphere -- International cooperation.
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