The Web of Life
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Authors
Dowdeswell, Elizabeth
Date
2003
Type
working paper
Language
en
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The Canadian federation must respond to the policy challenge of conserving biological diversity. Preservation of biodiversity is an issue that should be of compelling interest to Canadians, for we cannot accept a diminished future. Furthermore it is a global issue that has recently generated an international governance mechanism requiring national implementation. Effective implementation within Canada will depend upon answering the question of constitutional jurisdiction and the inherent interest of indigenous cultures. Although not a new issue, the pace of scientific and technical development has heightened the urgency of developing an effective management regime. Through the lens of biodiversity we can develop insights into the capacity of the Canadian-federation to respond to one of the examples of global integration.
The purpose of this paper is to speculate about the impact of four possible scenarios of global change in 2015 on international and Canadian responses to the conservation of biological diversity. The scene is set by reviewing the status of the issue in 2000. What follows is a glimpse into the future - four stories that could be told in 2015 - first from a global and then from a Canadian perspective. The paper then considers the implications for governance arrangements in Canada in order to respond to global developments.
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© 2003 IIGR, Queen's University
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Queen's University Institute of Intergovernmental Relations