Manitoba Conservation
2009 Manitoba Excellence in Sustainability Awards
The Manitoba Round Table for Sustainable Development is accepting applications and nominations for the 2009 Manitoba Excellence in Sustainability Awards until July 10, 2009.
Any individual, business, institution, organization, community group and youth in Manitoba are eligible to apply or be nominated.
Announcement of Manitoba-Ontario Interprovincial Wilderness Area
Manitoba and Ontario have signed a memorandom of understanding to co-operate on conserving valuable natural habitat and ensuring proper recreation use by establishing Canada's first Interprovincial Wilderness Area. This area covers more than 9, 400 square kilometres and includes Atikaki and parts of Nopiming Provincial Parks in Manitoba.
13th Canadian Pollution Prevention Roundtable
Charlottetown, PEI - June 15 & 16, 2009
The Canadian Pollution Prevention Roundtable (CPPR) continues to be a unique opportunity in Canada to coordinate pollution prevention efforts. Recognizing what can be done through a unified effort, practitioners, corporate leaders and senior decision-makers use the CPPR to stimulate further actions that avoid or minimize the creation of pollution and wastes thereby achieving measurable improvements in environmental performance. More information is available at: http://www.c2p2online.com/.
Historic Agreement First Step Toward Strengthening Protected Areas, Conservation Efforts in Winnipeg
“The Province of Manitoba and the City of Winnipeg have taken a historic first step toward protecting the city’s natural treasures under an agreement signed June 14, 2007 by Conservation Minister Stan Struthers and Mayor Sam Katz. Moving forward under the memorandum of understanding (MOU), Winnipeg’s important waterways and natural areas will be identified for greater environmental efforts and could receive stronger protection as a part of the province’s protected areas network. Winnipeg would be the first community in Manitoba with areas receiving the province’s protected areas designation.”
2008 Protecting Manitoba's Outstanding Landscapes: Manitoba's Protected Areas Initiative
Since 1990 the Manitoba government has been working to establish protected areas that preserve Manitoba's biodiversity, securing this natural legacy for future generations. This brochure gives an overview of the protected areas programs, our achievements, and how new protected areas are established.
CCME Consults on Extended Producer Responsibility
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is an environmental policy approach in which a producer's responsibility for a product is extended to the post-consumer stage of a product's life cycle. The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) is consulting on a Canada-wide Action Plan for Extended Producer Responsibility until May 29, 2009.
Discussion Document: Towards a Canada-wide Action Plan for Extended Producer Responsibility February 2009
Feedback Document February 2009
