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Meeting of Ministers responsible for Forests, Wildlife, Endangered Species and Fisheries and Aquaculture and the Canadian Endangered Species Conservation Council
Whitehorse, Yukon - September 16, 2004

BACKGROUNDER
The Canadian Endangered Species Conservation Council (CESCC)

The Canadian Endangered Species Conservation Council (CESCC) was formed in 1998 by federal, provincial and territorial Wildlife Ministers. The Council is co-chaired by the Minister of the Environment and the Minister from the host province or territory.

The Council is responsible for providing national leadership and direction for preventing wild species from becoming at risk. It has specific responsibilities for overseeing the assessment and recovery of species that are at risk nationally, and plays a role in resolving issues.

Species assessments are made by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), a committee of wildlife experts. COSEWIC makes its list public and forwards it to CESCC along with a rationale for each designation. The CESCC determines and coordinates the most effective response actions.

The CESCC is responsible for monitoring and reporting every five years on the status of all species in Canada, and for communicating the progress on programs to the public. The first such report (Wild Species 2000: The General Status of Species in Canada) was released in April 2001. The CESCC is also mandated to foster stewardship of natural habitats by resource users and managers, landowners and other citizens to protect species at risk.

A list of the Ministers who make up the CESCC is attached. More information can be found on the Canadian Wildlife Service's Web site at: http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/

MINISTERS CANADIAN ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 2004
ALBERTA Honourable Mike Cardinal Minister of Sustainable Resource Development	NORTHWEST TERRITORIES Honourable Brendan Bell Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development
BRITISH COLUMBIA Honourable Bill Barisoff Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection	NOVA SCOTIA Honourable Richard Hurlburt Minister of Natural Resources
CANADA Honourable Stéphane Dion Minister of the Environment	NUNAVUT Honourable Olayuk Akesuk Minister of the Environment
Honourable Geoff Regan Minister of Fisheries and Oceans	ONTARIO Honourable Dave Ramsay Minister of Natural Resources
MANITOBA Honourable Stan Struthers Minister of Conservation	PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Honourable Jamie Ballem Minister of Environment and Energy
NEW BRUNSWICK Honourable Keith Ashfield Minister of Natural Resources	QUÉBEC Honourable Pierre Corbeil Ministre délégué à la Forêt, à la Faune et aux Parcs
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR Honourable Tom Osborne Minister of the Environemnt and Conservation	SASKATCHEWAN Honourable David Forbes Minister of the Environment
	YUKON TERRITORY Honourable Peter Jenkins Minister of Environment

 

 

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