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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

J. Gordon Nelson  and
Paul G.R. Smith
J. Gordon Nelson
Affiliation:
Professor of Geography and Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
Paul G.R. Smith
Affiliation:
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Toronto, Ontario M7A 1W3, Canada.
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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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Environmental Conservation , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , Autumn 1987 , pp. 207 - 218
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1987

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