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Feral Pig Management
Contributing IUCN constituents:Parks Canada Agency - Agence Parcs Canada
Project Details
| Name | Feral Pig Management |
| Description | Parks Canada, in collaboration with the Province of Alberta, is working to prevent the establishment of wild boar in Elk Island National Park by monitoring, trapping and removing boars seen within or near its boundaries. Wild boars pose a threat to the park’s sensitive ecosystems and its wildlife populations, including wood bison. |
| Contributing IUCN Constituent | Parks Canada Agency - Agence Parcs Canada |
| Start Date | 3/31/2025 |
| End Date | 3/30/2026 |
| Conservation Actions | 2.2 Invasive/Problematic Species Control |
| Needed annual budget | - |
| Total annual budget | - |
| Staff | ♀ - | ♂ - |
| Beneficiaries | ♀ - | ♂ - |
Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions
Absolute value (STAR)
0
0% of the total biodiversity conservation potential of Canada is covered by this project.
2,271.6
0.4% of The Americas's biodiversity conservation potential is from Canada.
543,527.6
45.4% of global biodiversity conservation potential is from The Americas.
This stacked bar chart represents the relative disaggregation of the selected contribution's total potential opportunity for reducing global species extinction risk through taking actions to abate different threats to species within its boundaries. The percentages refer to the amount of the total opportunity that could potentially be achieved through abating that particular threat.
% Contribution of threats to species extinction
1.85%
5.3 Logging & wood harvesting
3.27%
12.1 Other threat
3.28%
9.3 Agricultural & forestry effluents
11.14%
11.1 Habitat shifting & alteration
25.58%
5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
54.31%
3.3 Renewable energy
Threat type