Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) / Base de données canadienne sur les aires protégées et de conservation (BDCAPC)

Mar 13, 2023
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EN:The Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) contains the most up-to-date spatial and attribute data on marine and terrestrial protected and other conserved areas in Canada. It is compiled and managed by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), in collaboration with federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions. It contains combined data from all these Canadian jurisdictions. The CPCAD data providers are jurisdictions at the federal, provincial and territorial level that have mechanisms in place to control access and activities on terrestrial or marine areas, in order to protect various elements of biodiversity. It is used by a wide range of organizations, including governments, ENGOs, academia, land managers, industry, and the public. CPCAD supports many uses including Canadas national reporting on protected areas, Canadas international reporting on protected areas as a result of Canadas commitments under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, and Canadas protected areas program by providing baseline information.


FR:La Base de donnes canadienne sur les aires protges et de conservation (BDCAPC) contient les donnes spatiales et les donnes dattributs les plus actuelles sur les aires protges et les autres aires de conservation marines et terrestres du Canada. Elle est compile et gre par Environnement et Changement climatique Canada (ECCC), en collaboration avec les instances fdrales, provinciales et territoriales. Il sagit dune source unique pour toutes les donnes sur les aires protges provenant des instantes canadiennes. Les fournisseurs de donnes de la BDCAPC sont des administrations fdrales, provinciales et territoriales qui ont mis en place des mcanismes qui leur permettent de contrler laccs aux aires terrestres ou marines et les activits qui sy droulent afin de protger divers lments de la biodiversit. Elle est utilise par un large ventail dorganisations, incluant les gouvernements, les organisations non gouvernementales caractre environnemental (ONGE), les gestionnaires de territoire, lindustrie et le public. La BDCAPC peut treutilise de diverses faons incluant ltablissement de rapports nationaux sur les aires protges du Canada, ltablissement de rapports internationaux sur les aires protges par le Canada la suite de son engagement pris sous la Convention de lONU sur la diversit biologique, et le programme des aires protges du Canada en fournissant des renseignements de base.
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Environment and Climate Change Canada / Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
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2021-12/01/2021
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https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/national-wildlife-areas/protected-conserved-areas-database.html#toc1
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Environment and Climate Change Canada / Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
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Creative Commons LicenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
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