Species at Risk Act (SARA) Consultation, Cooperation and Accommodation Project

Project Overview

This multi-year project will facilitate Indigenous communities’ and organizations’ participation in Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) listing and recovery planning processes for terrestrial species as part of implementing the federal Species at Risk Act. CIER’s role is to support a range of activities between Indigenous communities and organizations and ECCC on developing recovery documents, sharing knowledge and language, addressing threats to terrestrial species at risk survival and recovery, and land use planning for species at risk on reserve lands and within traditional territories.

Species at Risk List

ECCC is continuously listing and reassessing the status of species under the Species at Risk Act and developing recovery documents for those that are listed as special concern, threatened or endangered. The focus of the SARA Consultation, Cooperation and Accommodation Project is on those species that are actively undergoing the listing process or recovery document development. The list below is subject to change over time.

Ontario List Terrestrial SAR – May 2024

Upcoming Events

Funding Support and Information Session: Recovery Planning of Terrestrial Species at Risk

January 15, 2025: 9:30 – 11:00 PT / 11:30 – 1:00 CT / 12:30 – 2:00 ET

We are inviting applications for funding to support Indigenous Nations’ participation in Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) listing and recovery planning processes for terrestrial species at risk. We are also holding an information session to provide an overview of this initiative and the funding available to support involvement in the different project components for the final year of the project. The information session will be held on January 15th from 9:30 – 11:00 PT/11:30 – 1:00 CT/12:30 – 2:00 ET. During this session, further explanation will be provided with opportunity for questions and discussion. To register for this session, please select the link below. 

Register for Zoom meeting

Resources

On this webpage, you will find the materials shared at the sessions included in this project (e.g., SARA overview sessions, species-specific workshops, training sessions, information sharing sessions, funding application forms). You will also find helpful species at risk related tools and resources. Click on the topic headings to see a drop-down list of the associated resources.

Lynn Mallett, Project Manager, CIER ([email protected])
Kate Cave, Senior Project Manager, CIER ([email protected])
Christina Rohe, Wildlife Recovery Biologist ([email protected])