Ten New National Parks For Canada
13 October 2002 - 7:00am
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien announced the formation of 10 new national parks which would increase the total area of Canada's national parks by almost 50 percent.
"Environmentalists in Canada are taking a wait-and-see approach to a recent announcement that the country will protect a wilderness area larger than Portugal by forming ten new national parks over the next five years... Under the plan announced by Chrétien and Canadian Heritage Minister Sheila Copps, Canada would expand the total area of the country's national parks by almost 50 percent, to more than 244,000 square kilometers (9,421 square miles).Five new marine conservation areas will also be added."
Source:
National Geographic, October 12, 2002
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