7377

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7377
• Author: Kusler, J. A. and S. Daly.
• Title: Wetlands and River Corridor Management.
• USFW Year: 1989.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

promotes the wise use, planning, and management of
Canadian wetlands on the basis of a series of
fundamental principles:
a. adoption of anticipatory and preventative
approaches;
b. development of strong partnerships;
c. ensuring wetlands are considered in all of
the day-to-day business of government;
d. closing the gaps between theory and prac-
tice;
e. establishment of sound, achievable environ-
mental and economic goals;
f. recognition of special interest groups and
other jurisdictions;
g. promotion of integrated planning; and
expansion of access to information, improved
methods and technologies.
Policy Strategies
The FPWC focusses on seven strategies.
coordinated through the proposed creation of a
Canadian Wetlands Office, that will directly
influence all aspects of the federal government's
activities regarding wetlands. These seven
strategies are:
1. Development of a national system of secured
wetlands, which encourages the participation
of all interests in the establishment of a
network of secured exemplary and strategic
wetlands of national significance;
2. Cooperative activities and agreements with
the provinces and territories, underlining
the federal government's resolve to work
with provinces and territories as partners
in wetland conservation, recognizing their
primary role in wetland use decisions;
3. Federal protected areas, acknowledging the
many achievements in wetlands protection
thus far, and reinforcing the federal
government's commitment to the role of
protected areas in wetland conservation;
4. Other federal lands, federal water responsi-
bilities and federal programs, reflecting
the considerable influence that the federal
government exerts on wetlands through
decisions regarding their lands and waters,
and through federal program design and
implementation, especially regional or
sector development programs;
5. International actions, looking beyond the
Canadian border to wetlands in an interna-
tional context, in support of Canada's
commitment to our common global future;
6. Evaluation and assessment, identifying pri-
ority research areas which are fundamental
to achieving the objective of wetland
conservation in Canada; and,
7. Public awareness and participation, recog-
nizing the continued support and participa-
tion of governments and their publics as
essential to the success of the policy.
These seven strategies are designed as a
comprehensive package to make a meaningful federal
government contribution to wetland conservation.
The policy strategies are aimed at building on the
momentum of past achievements in wetland
conservation. The strategies are also aimed at
providing practical direction, support, and tools
to enable program managers to anticipate and
prevent development conflicts involving wetlands
and streamline decision-making.
THE NORTH AMERICAN WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT PLAN:
AN EXAMPLE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ACTION
Background
The North American Waterfowl Management Plan
(NAWMP) was designed by the Minister of
Environment and the United States Secretary of the
Interior in May 1986. The Plan calls for the
expenditure of almost one billion dollars over the
next 15 years in Canada, primarily on wetland
restoration and protection. Implementation of
NAWMP is to be carried out through a partnership
of governments, private sector organizations and
individuals. A large proportion of the funds will
be expended on incentives to private landowners to
maintain and enhance wetlands on their lands.
Funds will also be spent to acquire key, critical
or threatened sites, and to develop, enhance and
maintain these and other already acquired lands. A
small proportion of the funding will be used for
waterfowl and wildlife population and habitat
research to facilitate targeting of funds and
efforts, and to assess the effectiveness of NAWMP
in meeting its population and habitat goals.
The major goals of NAWMP are environmental. But
such large expenditures of money, both government
and private, will have significant economic
effects, both directly in the areas of wetland
acquisition and development, and indirectly in the
country as a whole. The NAWMP has the following
sustainable development goals:
Environmental Goals of MAN"
Since the 1970's, the levels of waterfowl
populations migrating through and nesting in
Canada has undergone devastating declines. NAWMP
proposes a series of environmental goals to
address both long term population and wetland and
associated habitat enhancement:
a. Restore waterfowl population levels to the
levels of the early 1970's by year 2000;
b. Maintain the diversity of waterfowl species;
C. Achieve a fall flight of over 100 million
birds;
d. Achieve a North American harvest of 20
million birds;
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