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Environment committee If we think of the core elements of protecting, connecting, and restoring landscapes, it's unquestionable that those sorts of coarse filters and fine filters of the ecosystem and species-based approaches have to go hand in glove. My understanding of the conservation biology liter
May 15th, 2012Committee meeting
Jessica Clogg
Environment committee I think it's an amazing question. Regrettably, it's not one that being an environmental lawyer clearly positions me to answer. One observation I would have from working in the Lower Mainland, but also in communities around the province, is how surprising it has been for me to wa
May 15th, 2012Committee meeting
Jessica Clogg
Environment committee I actually wonder if one of my colleagues, particularly my colleague here who works directly with science and scientific research, might be better positioned to answer that.
May 15th, 2012Committee meeting
Jessica Clogg
Environment committee I agree completely. I would only add one additional layer with respect to nature-based adaptation strategies—namely, while some level of climate change is now considered inevitable, we do have the ability to regulate other stressors on the land base. Whatever type of federal or
May 15th, 2012Committee meeting
Jessica Clogg
Environment committee In response, I will say first that I sincerely believe that protection of species at risk, protection of the environment and human beings from toxins, protection of migratory birds, all of which are cornerstones of our federal environmental laws, should be cornerstones of a natio
May 15th, 2012Committee meeting
Jessica Clogg
Environment committee First, with respect to corridor design and major transportation corridors, obviously, there are biological specialists in all of these areas. Let's take a species, such as the grizzly bear. Once you start getting over 0.6 kilometres per kilometres squared of road density, you a
May 15th, 2012Committee meeting
Jessica Clogg
Environment committee I'm sorry, but I didn't hear the interpretation clearly.
May 15th, 2012Committee meeting
Jessica Clogg
Environment committee That wasn't the case for this example in British Columbia. Let me speak about one example in particular. One of the most recent and most powerful reconciliation agreements was with the Council of the Haida Nation. That agreement exemplifies many of the principles I was talking
May 15th, 2012Committee meeting
Jessica Clogg
Environment committee Yes, of course. Green space protection is required everywhere. What we need to think about in a holistic way is the maintenance of ecological integrity and functioning ecosystems. Many of our urban areas are already heavily impacted, but our organization has worked over many ye
May 15th, 2012Committee meeting
Jessica Clogg
Environment committee The broader point I had hoped to make was that when we talk about landscape connectivity I'm actually speaking more broadly about the need to maintain functioning ecosystems across the landscape. As an example, in British Columbia right now there's a pilot project ongoing with th
May 15th, 2012Committee meeting
Jessica Clogg
Environment committee Is there something I can do?
May 15th, 2012Committee meeting
Jessica Clogg
Environment committee Very well.
May 15th, 2012Committee meeting
Jessica Clogg
Environment committee I was emphasizing the fact that the impacts of climate change on our land and water are extremely sobering. We have truly reached a point where the biological underpinnings of our natural capital, our natural heritage, which sustains Earth's life support systems are truly at risk
May 15th, 2012Committee meeting
Jessica Clogg
Environment committee Good afternoon. My name is Jessica Clogg. I am the executive director and senior counsel at West Coast Environmental Law, which is dedicated to safeguarding the environment through law. Since 1974, our staff lawyers have successfully worked with communities, non-governmental orga
May 15th, 2012Committee meeting
Jessica Clogg