Government of Canada advancing on goal of creating 10 new national marine conservation areas with new policy direction
It identifies a suite of management tools for NMCAs, including regulatory tools to be developed under the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act.
- It identifies a suite of management tools for NMCAs, including regulatory tools to be developed under the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act.
- This new policy guidance lays the groundwork for effective collaboration with all partners and gets us closer to our goal of creating ten national marine conservation areas in Canada.
- The new Policy will now better align with the 2002 Canada's National Marine Conservation Areas Act, global commitments to marine conservation, several decades of managing NMCAs, and the current priorities set by the Government of Canada.
- Parks Canada works with Indigenous communities across the country as partners in conserving natural heritage, including the establishment of national marine conservation areas.