Title
Motion with Notice: Ecological Values and Biodiversity in Parks (Directors Isitt, Holman and Mersereau)
Recommendation
Whereas one of the two goals of regional parks is “protecting the region’s extraordinary biodiversity in perpetuity” and whereas the existing Regional Parks Acquisition Strategy prioritizes acquisition of park land to protect ecological values:
Therefore be it resolved that staff be directed to report on how ecological values and biodiversity are protected and monitored in regional parks and on the CRD’s staffing and resource capacity to evaluate the effectiveness of ecological protection in the regional parks system, including consideration of wildlife habitat and disturbance, biodiversity, impacts of new infrastructure, and the CRD's declared climate emergency.
(NWA)