Canada Economy: The Road to Sustainable Transportation Cataloguing in Publ icat ion in Canada Main entry under title : The state of the debate on the 4. State of the Debate on the Environment and the environment and the economy : securing Canada's natural Economy: Greening Canada's Brownfield Sites capital: a vision for nature conservation in the 21st 5. State of the Debate on the Environment and [...] Economy: Managing Potentially Toxic Substances in Canada Report and recommendations by the National Round Table 6. State of the Debate on the Environment and the on the Environment and the Economy. [...] In early 2003 (in the February budget and in As a priority, the Round Table recommends that the March), the federal government announced a total of federal government develop comprehensive plans for $218 million in new funding over the next five years establishing marine protected areas in each marine to establish these parks and to maintain the ecological region of Canada: for the Pacific Coast b [...] Rather, new approaches are needed that address A Vision for Nature Conservation in the 21st Century the land base and marine ecosystems as a whole.1 reflects the views of both the Conservation of Natural The Conservation of Natural Heritage Program Heritage Task Force and the Round Table as a whole. [...] CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND In other words, what occurs on the lands that sur- CONNECTIVITY round and connect protected areas is as important to Protected areas are a critical anchor in maintaining the the health of the park's ecosystem, and survival of the ecological health of both wildlife and natural ecosys- park's inhabitants, as the management of the park tems.