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Report on Plans and Priorities 2011-2012
Electronic Layer of Reporting
Elements of NRCan's Sustainable Development Strategy

Protecting Nature

FSDS Target 6.3 - Marine Ecosystems

Improve the conservation of ocean areas and marine ecosystems by 2012.

FSDS Implementation Strategy

6.3.1 Develop a federal-provincial-territorial network of Marine Protected Areas (DFO, NRCan).

You will find below details about NRCan’s activities that contribute to this implementation strategy:

Environmental Geoscience

This activity is nested within NRCan’s Program Activity Architecture (PAA) as follows:

  • Strategic Outcome 2 - 
    Environmental Responsibility

    • Program Activity 2.2 - 
      Ecosystem Risk Management

      • Sub Activity 2.2.3
        Environmental Geoscience

Description

Governments and Industry require a variety of assessments rooted in sound geoscience in order to develop, monitor and maintain resources responsibly, and to assess risks. Under Sub Activity - Environmental Geoscience (PAA 2.2.3), NRCan delivers expertise, information and data to other government departments and industry, enabling clear understanding of environmental risks and opportunities, which in turn supports environmental responsibility in the development and use of Canada’s natural resources. Under this Sub Activity is a key Sub Activity that contributes to this FSDS implementation strategy:

  • Sub Sub Activity - Environmental Stewardship (PAA 2.2.3.1): As required by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, NRCan provides geoscience information and expertise in reviews of projects undergoing federal environmental assessment, including public assessments of non-renewable mineral and energy resources as required for the creation of National Parks and National Marine Protected Areas.

Relationship to FSDS Strategy

Geoscience information and expertise is necessary to review and assess resource potential in order to establish marine protected areas. Collaboration with federal-provincial-territory governments to create a network of marine protected areas will facilitate decision-making and the conservation of Canada’s ocean areas and marine ecosystems. Thus, NRCan’s efforts under Sub Activity - Environmental Stewardship, under Sub Activity - Environmental Geoscience, contributes indirectly to FSDS Target 6.3 - Marine Ecosystems.

Non-Financial Performance Expectations

Expected Result and Indicator (Sub Activity 2.2.3)

NRCan’s geoscience supports the development and management of resources in an environmentally responsible manner.

  • Percentage of federally-regulated major development project feasibility studies using NRCan geoscience (reported annually, beginning in 2011-2012).

Expected Result and Indicator (Sub Sub Activity 2.2.3.1)

Assessments and scientific knowledge and expertise are readily available to governments, regulatory bodies and industry.

  • Assessments (including Environmental Assessments (EA) and Mineral and Energy Resource Assessments (MERA), are produced and readily available to governments and industry (reporting annually, beginning in 2011-2012).

Other FSDS Linkages

Sub Activity - Environmental Geoscience further contributes to FSDS Target 6.3 - Marine Ecosystems through the following implementation strategies:

This Sub Activity also contributes to FSDS Target 3.1 - Freshwater Quality through one implementation strategy:

This Sub Activity also contributes to FSDS Target 4.1 - Water Resource Management and Use through the following implementation strategies:

This Sub Activity also contributes to FSDS Target 6.2 - Terrestrial Ecosystem and Habitat through the following implementation strategy:

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