Assessing the effectiveness of potential protected areas and OECMs in conserving biodiversity against subsurface resource extraction impacts The direct and indirect impacts of resource extraction…
2023 Stan Rowe Home Place Graduate Award The Canadian Council on Ecological Areas (CCEA) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for…
Best Practices for Integrating Climate Change into Protected and Conserved Area Management Plans and Planning Processes in Canada Download the report here Back to Documents
CCEA at the 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations (UN) Convention on Biological…
2022 Stan Rowe Homeplace bursary awarded to Jen Hoesen The CCEA is pleased to announce that Jen Hoesen was the successful applicant for the 2022…
CPCIL Research Summit 2022 The pan-Canadian Parks and Protected Areas Research eSummit, was held virtually February 22 to 25, 2022. The virtual eSummit brought together…
The CCEA Story The Canadian Council on Ecological Areas /Conseil Canadien Des Aires Écologiques (CCEA/CCAE) is a national conservation organization incorporated in 1982 (received registered…
Published in the journal FACETS this summer, CCEA supported an article on the changes needed to achieve ecological connectivity goals.
G7 Climate and Environment: Ministers’ Communiqué, London, 21 May 2021 On May 21, 2021 we received a Communiqué from the G7 Environment Ministers. We think…
2021 Stan Rowe Homeplace Award The CCEA is pleased to announce that Rachel Singleton-Polster, Master of Arts Candidate in the Department of Geography, Simon Fraser…
New Report! Implementing Connectivity Conservation in Canada The focus of this report is on the need to protect and restore connectivity within Canada’s terrestrial ecosystems.…
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database The 2020 Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) update is complete! CPCAD contains the most up to date…
2020-2030 Strategic Framework The Canadian Council on Ecological Areas (CCEA) is a national leader in providing evidence-based guidance in the establishment and management of a…
Larissa Thelin – 2020 Stan Rowe Home Place Graduate Award Congratulations to Larissa Thelin, MSc student working at the University of Alberta on being awarded…
Draft CCEA Strategic Framework 2020-2030 The purpose of this Strategic Framework (DRAFT CCEA STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK 2020-2030) is to provide the CCEA with a defined direction…
Yukon and First Nations governments approve the Peel Watershed Regional Land Use Plan Leaders from the Governments of Yukon, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, the First Nation of…
Notification of joint CCEA/Pathway training for screening of areas contributing to Canada Target 1 Please note space is limited as such we are asking that…
Protected Areas Act allows GNWT to work collaboratively on protection of land and culture The Protected Areas Act came into force today, providing the legislative…
2018 Gold Leaf Awarded to James Duncan of the Nature Conservancy of Canada A posthumous award for a lifelong career dedicated to conservation and protection…
Creating a Bighorn Country for all Albertans November 23, 2018 Media inquiries Alberta is consulting on a proposal for Bighorn Country that would conserve natural…
Edéhzhíe designated a joint Indigenous Protected Area and National Wildlife Area in the NWT On October 11, 2018 Gran Chief Gladys Norwegian and Environment Minister…
NWT Public engagement on new Protected Areas legislation Government of the Northwest Territories conducts public engagement on new Protected Areas legislation. Recent Articles Larissa Thelin…
[:en]On July 8, 2018, the Canadian Council on Ecological Areas was invited to deliver a presentation on protection standards for federal marine protected areas (MPAs)…
[:en] Taking care of our environment has never been more important than it is today. The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is looking to fill…
2018 Stan Rowe Home Place Graduate Award The Canadian Council on Ecological Areas (CCEA) is pleased to announce that Jerrica Mann, a MSc. Candidate at…
2017 CCEA Gold Leaf Awarded to the Dinàgà Wek’èhodì Elders WG Lillith Brook, Government of the Northwest Territories, presenting the award to the Elder’s Working…
[:en]Summary of CCEA Participation The event, held from April 11- 14 in Canmore, Alberta, hosted over 190 decision-makers in the sector, including participation from Federal,…
[:en]Montreal, April 25, 2016 The CCEA participated in the meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA20) in preparation for the…
2016 Stan Rowe Home Place Graduate Award The Canadian Council on Ecological Areas (CCEA) is pleased to announce that Carmen Chelick, a MSc. Candidate at…
2016 Gold Leaf Award Sabine Diets and Roland Chiasson, and the Nature Trust of New Brunswick Presentation of Gold Leaf Award to Sabine Dietz and…
[:en]The lastest version of CARTS is now available for download on the CCEA website. Learn More…[:]
The CCEA is pleased to announce the publication of the article entitled “Canada and Aichi Biodiversity Target 11: understanding ‘other effective area-based conservation measures’ in…
CCEA’s work on helping to define Aichi Target 11 “Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures” receives international attention MPA News – International News and Ananlysis on…
Nova Scotia – News Release The province has legally protected the Eastern Shore Islands Wilderness Area and 22 other sites as wilderness areas or nature…
2015 Stan Rowe Home Place Graduate Award The Canadian Council on Ecological Areas (CCEA) is pleased to announce that Karen Kalynka, Master’s Candidate in the…
The World Parks Congress’ e-posters can now be discovered online. These consist of short slideshows on a variety of topics that were shown in Sydney…
December 16, 2014 The Manitoba government is expanding Whiteshell Provincial Park by expanding the park boundaries to include 2,950 hectares of land and water, and…
Making Sense of Aichi Target 11 “Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures” David MacKinnon, Robert Hélie, Jacques Perron, Tom Beechey, Jessica Elliott, Claudia Haas, Jean Langlois,…
2014 Stan Rowe Home Place Graduate Award The CCEA is pleased to announce the 2014 recipients of the Stan Rowe ‘Home Place’ Graduate Award: 1.…
The IUCN Council has selected Hawaii, United States of America, as the host of the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress – the world’s largest conservation…
The first digital version of the Canadian Ecological Framework was developed in a joint initiative between Environment Canada (EC) and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)…
2014 Gold Leaf Award Nikita Lopoukhine Nikita Lopoukhine
2013 Gold Leaf Awarded to Dr. Stephen J. Woodley Dr. Stephen J. Woodley has had an unprecedented influence on modern protected area management policy in Canada,…
The Québec government has completed all legal and administrative steps to officially establish this park, the 26th in Québec’s national park network,which will generate over…
Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Kevin Doherty announced the official proclamation of Great Blue Heron Provincial Park this morning. In addition to being the first…
Saskatchewan has designated a new protected area nearly two-thirds the size of Prince Edward Island. The Pink Lake Representative Area Ecological Reserve, located 160 kilometres…
2013 Stan Rowe Home Place Graduate Award Caroline Grego, University of British Columbia, “Creating New National Parks, Forging New Conservation Communities: A case study of…
Nova Scotians are invited to define how the province’s natural spaces are managed and protected. The draft parks and protected areas plan was released by…
2012 Stan Rowe Home Place Graduate Award Kelsey Molloy, University of Manitoba, “Impacts of Cattle Stocking Rates and Plant Species Composition on Grassland Songbird Communities…
2011 Stan Rowe Home Place Graduate Award Windekind C. Buteau-Duitschaever, Wilfrid Laurier University, “Exploring governance structures, institutions and collaboration for protected area development: A Case…
2010 Stan Rowe Home Place Graduate Award Sabine Jenssen, Simon Fraser University (Proposed PhD) – “Establishing MPA Networks: Analysis of Successful Institutional Arrangements for Ecological…
2008 Stan Rowe Home Place Graduate Award Tim Antill, Land Reclamation and Ecosystem Resotration, University of Alberta (MSc Candidate – Dr. Anne Naeth, Supervisor) I am currently…
2007 Stan Rowe Home Place Graduate Award Marilou Bourdages, Université Laval CCEA is pleased to announce that Marilou Bourdages, a Master’s candidate with l’École supérieure…
2006 Stan Rowe Home Place Graduate Award Lee Anderson, University of Alberta CCEA is pleased to announce that Lee Anderson, an MSc Candidate in Conservation…
