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Catalogue Entry: Fire Danger Rating, 2009
Fire danger rating is the process of systematically evaluating and integrating the factors that determine the ease of a fire starting and spreading, the difficulty of control,... -
Catalogue Entry: Forest Fire Hotspots, 2009
A hotspot is a mark on an infrared satellite image indicating a heat source typical of burning vegetation. A hotspot may represent one fire or be one of several hotspots... -
Catalogue Entry: Forest Fire Severity Level, 1988 - 1989
Climate warming can bring more frequent and severe forest fires. This map shows the change in forest fire severity levels across Canada from 1980 to 1989, based on Global... -
Catalogue Entry: Forest Fire Severity Level, 2050 - 2059
Climate warming can bring more frequent and severe forest fires. This map shows the change in forest fire severity levels across Canada from 2050 to 2059, based on Global... -
Catalogue Entry: Forest Fire Severity Level, 2090-2099
Climate warming can bring more frequent and severe forest fires. This map shows the change in forest fire severity levels across Canada from 2090 to 2099, based on Global... -
Catalogue Entry: Threats to Ecosystems - Species at Risk
The highest number of species at risk is in the southern areas of Canada where human activity is most extensive and intensive. As of May 2002, 30 animal and plant species had... -
Catalogue Entry: Threats to Ecosystems - Sewage Treatment
Urban living generates waste that is usually treated to some degree and then discharged into water bodies. Too much waste can pose a risk to aquatic ecosystems and species.... -
Catalogue Entry: Threats to Ecosystems - Road Density
Transportation activities have a great impact on the environment because they fracture natural habitats and create pollution. Roads intrude into natural habitats, separating... -
Catalogue Entry: Threats to Ecosystems - Population Variation by Ecoprovince, 1971 to 1996
The higher the concentration of people in an ecoprovince, the higher the chance of loss of habitat and species. To better evaluate and minimize population impacts on the... -
Catalogue Entry: Threats to Ecosystems - Industrial Discharge Sites
Industrial activities generate waste that is discharged into water bodies, the air or ends up in landfill sites. Air is the most common release medium. Ammonia, methanol, sulfur... -
Catalogue Entry: Percentage of Ecoregion Protected
Protected areas are defined as legally established areas, both land and water, that are regulated and managed for conservation objectives. They include parks, wildlife and... -
Catalogue Entry: Human Activities in Ecosystems - Productive Forest Land Use
Forests sustain hundreds of economies across Canada. The forest industry is an active player in the conservation and sustainability of forested ecosystems. Forests are managed... -
Catalogue Entry: Human Activities in Ecosystems - Mining Sites
In Canada, mines are most heavily concentrated in the Mixedwood Plains, Boreal Shield, Prairie, and Montane Cordillera ecozones. Mines require accessibility, and are therefore... -
Catalogue Entry: Ecosystem Components: Wetland Diversity
Wetlands are lands where water saturation is the dominant factor. Wetlands occupy about 18% of Canada, and Canada has about 25% of the world’s wetlands. Wetlands foster the... -
Catalogue Entry: Ecosystem Components - Rare Plant Diversity
Some plants are rare because they naturally occur in very specialized habitats or in very low numbers; others may be rare because they have suffered setbacks because of natural... -
Catalogue Entry: Ecosystem Components: Land Cover Diversity
Ecoregions vary in their make up and complexity. Some are relatively uniform in their composition, structure and processes. Others contain extreme variations in relief, soils,... -
Catalogue Entry: Ecosystem Components - Endemic Plant Diversity
Endemic plants are those plants found only in Canada. These plants have genetically adapted to these particular environmental conditions. Because these are found nowhere else,... -
Catalogue Entry: Terrestrial Ecozones
Canada has defined a hierarchical classification of ecosystems. At a simple level there are 20 ecozones, fifteen terrestrial and five marine. An ecozone is an area of the... -
Catalogue Entry: Ecological Framework
Fifteen ecozones make up terrestrial Canada, and five make up the marine waters bordering Canada. Canada’s 15 terrestrial ecozones can be subdivided into 53 ecoprovinces, which... -
Catalogue Entry: October Mean Daily Maximum Temperatures
The map shows the mean daily maximum temperatures for October. Much of southern Canada experiences maximum temperatures in October above 10°C, whereas maximum temperatures...