Environment committee It was used in durable or permanent conservation of 875,000 acres.
May 2nd, 2013Committee meeting
John Lounds
Environment committee That's correct.
May 2nd, 2013Committee meeting
John Lounds
Environment committee The IUCN categories were designed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. The question of which is adopted as a definition for international agreements or treaties is somewhat different when it comes to the IUCN. Traditionally the definitions for IUCN categorie
May 2nd, 2013Committee meeting
John Lounds
Environment committee We believe they would be included—
May 2nd, 2013Committee meeting
John Lounds
Environment committee —as would be Ducks Unlimited's properties as well.
May 2nd, 2013Committee meeting
John Lounds
Environment committee I will pass this question over to Michael.
May 2nd, 2013Committee meeting
John Lounds
Environment committee The subject of climate change is not our area of expertise. Actually, we think about this the other way around. We think about having a habitat conservation program or plan and the benefits that result from that— carbon storage, carbon sequestration, water, etc. From our point of
May 2nd, 2013Committee meeting
John Lounds
Environment committee Thank you for the question. I like to characterize the whole no net loss conversation around the fact that when we talk about development we talk about the net economic benefit from a development. We talk about the net social benefit, the hospitals and schools that get built. B
May 2nd, 2013Committee meeting
John Lounds
Environment committee Is that directed at conservation particularly? Tax incentives for donations is one way, but certainly, in our world, the removal of the capital gains tax on ecological gifts, the eco-gifts program, has been a huge incentive. But it doesn't replace actually being able to bring mat
May 2nd, 2013Committee meeting
John Lounds
Environment committee Well, it depends, as I said,—
May 2nd, 2013Committee meeting
John Lounds
Environment committee The old definitions were under the IUCN categories.
May 2nd, 2013Committee meeting
John Lounds
Environment committee Well, in the IUCN category the target was 12% for each country, and Canada is at 10% using those. The new Aichi target, though, adds another type of category, which is effective area-based conservation measures. The way that is defined is by the laws that are put in place provinc
May 2nd, 2013Committee meeting
John Lounds
Environment committee Under the IUCN rules, the new target is 17%.
May 2nd, 2013Committee meeting
John Lounds
Environment committee We believe we could, yes, and that's using the new definition. I don't want to confuse apples and oranges here.
May 2nd, 2013Committee meeting
John Lounds
Environment committee It would be using the Aichi target definition, yes—as we would interpret it.
May 2nd, 2013Committee meeting
John Lounds