Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
April 19, 2023
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC, French: Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada, COSEPAC) is an independent committee of wildlife experts and scientists whose "raison d'être is to identify species at risk" in Canada.[1] It designates the conservation status of wild species.
It was established in 1977 to provide a single, scientifically sound classification of wildlife species at risk of extinction.[2] In the 2002 Species at Risk Act, COSEWIC was appointed as the body to identify and assess a species status. Although the status assigned by COSEWIC is not legally binding, it does report its results to the government and the public. The report is influential toward the addition of species to the List of Wildlife Species at Risk by the Minister of the Environment.[2][3]
By December 2013 there were "686 wildlife species in various COSEWIC risk categories, including 196 Special Concern (SC), 166 Threatened (T), 302 Endangered (E), 22 Extirpated (XT) (i.e., no longer found in the wild in Canada) and 15 wildlife species that are Extinct (X). The other category is not at risk (NAR).[4]
COSEWIC provides online updated status reports on designated species.[5]
committee, status, endangered, wildlife, canada, cosewic, french, comité, situation, espèces, péril, canada, cosepac, independent, committee, wildlife, experts, scientists, whose, raison, être, identify, species, risk, canada, designates, conservation, status,. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada COSEWIC French Comite sur la situation des especes en peril au Canada COSEPAC is an independent committee of wildlife experts and scientists whose raison d etre is to identify species at risk in Canada 1 It designates the conservation status of wild species It was established in 1977 to provide a single scientifically sound classification of wildlife species at risk of extinction 2 In the 2002 Species at Risk Act COSEWIC was appointed as the body to identify and assess a species status Although the status assigned by COSEWIC is not legally binding it does report its results to the government and the public The report is influential toward the addition of species to the List of Wildlife Species at Risk by the Minister of the Environment 2 3 Contents 1 Risk categories 2 Criteria 3 Citations 4 References 5 External linksRisk categories Edit All categories By December 2013 there were 686 wildlife species in various COSEWIC risk categories including 196 Special Concern SC 166 Threatened T 302 Endangered E 22 Extirpated XT i e no longer found in the wild in Canada and 15 wildlife species that are Extinct X The other category is not at risk NAR 4 COSEWIC provides online updated status reports on designated species 5 Criteria EditCOSEWIC bases its quantitative criteria for species status assessment on the revised IUCN Red List 4 the world s most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species COSEWIC provides International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN the world s main authority on the conservation status of species with a Regional Red List Citations Edit Frequently Asked Questions About the Species at Risk Act Government of Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans Archived from the original on 2007 05 20 Retrieved 2007 07 14 a b COSEWIC and the Species at Risk Act Government of Canada Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada Archived from the original on 2009 11 10 Retrieved 2007 07 14 The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada Archived from the original on 2007 09 27 Retrieved 2007 07 14 a b COSEWIC 2013 COSEWIC 2011 References Edit Wildlife Species Search Environment Canada 11 July 2011 2002 archived from the original on 20 December 2013 retrieved 18 December 2013 Learning from the past to protect the future COSEWIC Press release 1 December 2013 archived from the original on 3 December 2013 retrieved 19 December 2013External links EditCOSEWIC s website Species at Risk website Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada website archived 2007 This Canadian government related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a scientific organization is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada amp oldid 1121074793, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
