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Respectful Returns in Canada

Parks Canada and Indigenous/community partners restoring damaged rivers and streams across seven national parks on Canada’s Pacific and Atlantic coasts.

Problem

Habitat destruction

Place

Canada

Organisations

Parks Canada

Method

Salmon habitat restoration and co-stewardship

Review state

EXTERNALLY VETTED

What the sources establish

1. Respectful Returns in Canada is recognised by the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration as a World Restoration Flagship.

   externally reviewed · strong · external review — UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration / Ecosystem Restoration Hub — Respectful Returns in Canada

   Limitation: UN/implementer-reported project information; not independently measured by 4PLANET.

   Limitation: World Restoration Flagship status is external review, not 4PLANET verification.

   Limitation: Area under restoration is a source-reported programme metric and is not silently converted into ecological outcome.

2. The UN profile reports 65,878 hectares under restoration and a 65,878 hectare restoration goal for 2030.

   source checked · source reported · reported not independently verified — UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration / Ecosystem Restoration Hub — Respectful Returns in Canada

   Limitation: UN/implementer-reported project information; not independently measured by 4PLANET.

   Limitation: World Restoration Flagship status is external review, not 4PLANET verification.

   Limitation: Area under restoration is a source-reported programme metric and is not silently converted into ecological outcome.

What this record does not establish

4PLANET has not reviewed this project under its own method. No 4PLANET partnership, funding or verified ecological outcome is recorded.

Sources

• decadeonrestoration.org

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