Ontario Migratory Bird Violations |
24 March 04 |
The Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation of North America (CEC) voted unanimously March 12, 2004 to instruct the CEC Secretariat to prepare a factual record on allegations that Canada is failing to effectively enforce Section 6(a) of the Canadian Migratory Bird Regulations (MBR) adopted under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994. Section 6(a) of the MBR makes it an offense to disturb, destroy or take a nest or egg of a migratory bird without a permit. The allegations were made in the Ontario Logging submission, filed with the Secretariat on February 6, 2002, by Sierra Legal Defence Fund (SLDF) on behalf of several Canadian and US environmental groups.The conservation groups' submission concerns clearcut logging carried out in 49 forest management units (FMUs) in areas of central and northern Ontario in 2001. The submission estimates that clear cutting activity in 2001 destroyed over 85,000 migratory bird nests in central and northern Ontario forests. The submission also alleges that Environment Canada has taken virtually no action to enforce Section 6(a) of the MBR in regard to this logging activity. View the March 15, 2004 CEC news release Visit the CEC web site to view:
Source: CEC |
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