Table 2 Categories of actions specified in Recovery Strategies.
From: CAN-SAR: A database of Canadian species at risk information
Type of action | Action sub-type | Description |
|---|---|---|
Outreach and stewardship | Education | Community outreach, stewardship, or education activities including providing information, hosting meetings, and coordinating with stakeholders. |
Mitigate climate change | Actions aimed at reducing or preventing greenhouse gas emission. | |
Research and monitoring | Monitoring | Gathering data to document trends over space and time, including population, harvesting, or habitat trends, and to assess effectiveness and track progress towards conservation and population objectives. |
Research | Producing new knowledge that contributes to improved understanding of a species, including but not limited to life history, population size and distribution, response to threats and response to actions. | |
Habitat management | Regulate human activities | Imposing restrictions on direct human threats such as changing logging, fishing or hunting rules, or legislation to manage other threats like pollution. |
Habitat restoration | Modifying habitat to improve suitability for species, including connectivity features like fish ladders and culverts. | |
Invasive species removal | Removing invasive species that have negative impacts on species or habitats. | |
Protection | Protecting habitat in any way including by zoning or creating protected areas. Including when a large portion of the population exists inside a protected area. | |
Treat disease | Treating individuals or populations to prevent or treat disease. | |
Manage native species negatively impacting species at risk | Relocating, culling, or excluding native predators including herbivores and cormorants. | |
Population management | Seed storage | Storing plant seeds in case of a need for reintroduction. |
Feeding | Artificially increasing the amount of prey or food available. | |
Emergency response | Emergency measures to prevent extinction or extirpation, or prevent mortality by taking direct action. | |
Captive breeding | Ex situ breeding to recover or maintain the population. | |
Re-establishing populations | Artificially reintroducing or augmenting populations at inhabited or previously inhabited sites. | |
Translocation | Moving species to previously unoccupied sites. |
