S.O.S Resources

POLICY

Endangered Species Act (June 2008)

Habitat protection for endangered, threatened or extirpated Species at Risk under the ESA 2007 (July 2008)

Regulation for Exemptions to the ESA 2007 (June 2008)

Species at Risk in Ontario List (June 2008)


S.O.S. CONCERNS

Key concerns

ESA strengths

Potential weaknesses with the ESA

• Environmental Commissioner's Assessment of Endangered Species Act Implementation

Recovery strategies

Habitat regulations

S.O.S. COMMENTS

On the caribou conservation plan (May 2009)

On the nine draft habitat regulations for fast-track species (June 2009)

On recovery strategies for eight of the ten fast track species (April 2009)

On preliminary recommendations for habitat regulations for wood turtle, peregrine falcon, Jefferson salamander (March 2009)

On exemptions for industry from ESA (June 2008)

Group letter to the Premier on the impact of exemptions on woodland caribou (June 2008)

S.O.S. OUTREACH MATERIALS

Presentations (April 2009)

Valentine's Day card campaign (Feb 2009)

FURTHER READING

Reports and Backgrounders (2004-2009)

Featured material on species at risk (2004-2008)

Environmental Commissioner of Ontario annual reports profiling species at risk (1999-2005)