Atlantic Region: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island
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.

Upcoming Events

Mission Monarch Expert Training Program AND Butterfly and Habitat Surveys Overview

April 3, 2024: 1:00 – 2:00pm EST 

Canada Wildlife Services (CWS) in cooperation with CIER is creating a Mission Monarch Expert Training Program AND Butterfly and Habitat Surveys Overview. It will provide training for interested Indigenous communities in Monarch monitoring and surveys in their territories. Training is free, and will be provided through Mission Monarch Expert, in Montreal.  Following the training, ECCC will provide funding for communities for the monitoring who will complete surveys throughout the summer. The application form needs to be submitted first to receive funding.

Workshop Registration / Monarch and Habitat Monitoring Application / Application de surveillance du monarque et de son habitat

Terrestrial Species at Risk Workshop: May 7-8, 2024, in Fredericton, New Brunswick

This is part of a series of Terrestrial Species at Risk Workshops that occur every two years (previous workshops were held in 2015, 2017 and 2019). The 2024 workshop is our first time back after COVID-19, and we are excited to meet and provide a forum for discussions, building relationships, and fostering collaborations amongst those working on species at risk recovery in the Maritimes (Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island & New Brunswick). There will be opportunities for networking, collaborative presentations, and interactive roundtables.

Please RSVP to [email protected], and confirm who from your community/organization will attend the Maritime SAR Workshop by April 5th, 2024. 

Contact

For questions specific to activities involved in the SARA Consultation, Cooperation and Accommodation Project:  [email protected] Other inquires please reach out to Brigid Prouse, Consultation Biologist at [email protected]