Migratory Birds Convention Act (Canada)

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Canadian federal statute environmental protection law

The Migratory Birds Convention Act (Canada) is a federal law that implements an international treaty to protect migratory bird species and their habitats across Canada through regulations on hunting, possession, and disturbance.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Migratory Birds Convention Act (Canada) canonical	1
Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian federal statute ⓘ environmental protection law ⓘ
abbreviation	MBCA NERFINISHED ⓘ
administeredBy	Environment and Climate Change Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	migratory bird eggs ⓘ migratory bird nests ⓘ migratory bird species listed in regulations ⓘ
authorizes	establishment of migratory bird sanctuaries ⓘ
contributesTo	implementation of Canada’s international biodiversity obligations ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
enforcedBy	Canadian Wildlife Service NERFINISHED ⓘ Environment and Climate Change Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicScope	all provinces of Canada ⓘ all territories of Canada ⓘ
implementsTreaty	Migratory Birds Convention between Canada and the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesRegulations	Migratory Birds Regulations NERFINISHED ⓘ Migratory Birds Sanctuary Regulations NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Government of Canada
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalInstrumentType	Act of Parliament ⓘ
primaryPurpose	conservation of migratory bird populations ⓘ protection of migratory bird habitat ⓘ protection of migratory bird nests and eggs ⓘ protection of migratory birds in Canada ⓘ regulation of hunting of migratory birds ⓘ regulation of possession of migratory birds ⓘ regulation of trade in migratory birds ⓘ
prohibits	disturbance or destruction of migratory bird nests and eggs without authorization ⓘ killing of migratory birds except as authorized by regulation ⓘ possession of migratory birds without authorization ⓘ
providesFor	creation of regulations respecting migratory birds ⓘ issuance of permits for activities affecting migratory birds ⓘ
regulatesActivity	destruction of migratory bird eggs ⓘ destruction of migratory bird nests ⓘ disturbance of migratory birds ⓘ hunting of migratory birds ⓘ possession of migratory birds ⓘ purchase of migratory birds ⓘ sale of migratory birds ⓘ transport of migratory birds ⓘ
sector	environment ⓘ
shortName	Migratory Birds Convention Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	biodiversity protection ⓘ hunting regulation ⓘ species protection ⓘ wildlife conservation ⓘ
treatyPartnerCountry	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canada geese → regulatedBy → Migratory Birds Convention Act (Canada) ⓘ

subject surface form: Canada goose

Species at Risk Act (Canada) → relatedTo → Migratory Birds Convention Act (Canada) ⓘ

subject surface form: Species at Risk Act

this entity surface form: Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994