Northwest Territories
General Status Ranking Program
a collaborative program by all
agencies working on wild species in the NWT
The NWT General Status Ranking Program collects
information on species of the Northwest Territories since 1999.
The
Program is a tool to reach
common understandings on the general status of species, and build on our collective knowledge to manage human
activities in an ecologically sustainable manner. This system is shared by all
other jurisdictions in Canada, and is similar to systems used by other
countries. This tool is assisting us in setting conservation priorities
territorially, nationally, and internationally — especially across the
circumpolar regions of the world.
Peary
caribou © ENR/ J. Nagy
Many knowledgeable persons from the NWT, or
visiting and studying in the North, have contributed a vast amount of
information on NWT species. Monitoring of the general status of species was
performed every
year.
The Program update, correct, and add new
information to a catalogue of referenced information, the NWT Species Infobase.
Northern blue © M. Fournier
Reports on the general status ranks for NWT are
published every 5 years. In the
NWT Species 2000 report, about 400 species were
ranked. The
NWT Species
2006-2010
report presents lists and general status ranks for 1700 wild species. Ranks are
valid for 5 years.
Each report is designed to:
