Comment
I do not support the government’s plan to proceed with implementing the Fund. It will lead to an increase in habitat loss and degradation which is a primary threat to species at risk. It fails to account for adverse environmental, economic, and cultural impacts on communities or for significant additional risks to species already threatened with extinction. It also fails to ensure transparency with respect to site specific and cumulative harm to the habitat of at risk species.
By acknowledging the intrinsic value of ecosystems and protecting them for their own sake, human health and well-being will naturally increase.
“Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money.”
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Submitted December 18, 2020 11:36 AM
Comment on
A proposal under the Endangered Species Act to enable use of the Species at Risk Conservation Fund and to streamline authorizations for certain activities that impact species at risk, while maintaining protections for species at risk
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019-2636
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50380
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