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COSEWIC

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COSEWICCommittee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
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* Assessed by the independent scientific body, COSEWIC (Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada).
Ottawa: Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 12 p.
Former drafts of the bill used the endangered species list developed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. As an independent organization of wildlife experts, the committee has been updating the list for over 22 years.
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has been responsible for listing endangered species in Canada for close to 25 years, though this listing process has carried no legal weight.
The main government programme to identify Canadian endangered species is the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).
His review of woodland caribou in Canada caused the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada to list western woodland caribou as "rare" and, later, as "vulnerable." John continued to serve as an active reviewer for scientific journals up to the end.
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