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Greenbelt Plan (2017).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Ontario
Document type
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil, Water, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Agricultural development Agricultural land Agro-forestry Agroecology Biodiversity Business/industry/corporations Climate change Cultural heritage Zoning Traditional rights/customary rights Disasters Drainage/land reclamation Early warning system/emergency intervention system Farming Food security Governance Groundwater Integrated management Land-use planning Policy/planning Public health Rainwater Rural employment Sustainable development Sustainable use Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge Pastoralism Urban and peri-urban agriculture Urban land Soil conservation/soil improvement Survey/mapping Effluent waste water/discharge Freshwater resources management Water shortage/drought Water supply Waterworks Aquaculture Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Pollution control Surface water Protection forest Protection of environment Protection of habitats Protection of species Protected area Plant protection
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The Greenbelt Plan 2017 (firstly introduced in 2005) is the cornerstone of Ontario's Greater Golden Horseshoe Growth Plan (Growth Plan) which is the Ontario government’s overarching strategy for growth that provides guidance on where and how future growth should be accommodated and what must be protected for current and future generations. The Greenbelt Plan, together with the Niagara Escarpment Plan (NEP) and the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan (ORMCP) identifies where urbanization should not occur in the region to provide permanent protection to the agricultural land base and the ecological and hydrological features, areas and functions occurring on this landscape. Section 2 describes the lands governed by the Greenbelt Plan, which include the NEP Area, the Oak Ridges Moraine Area, the Parkway Belt West Plan Area, lands designated as Urban River Valley and lands designated as Protected Countryside in this Plan. It describes how lands in the three other provincial plans and lands designated as Urban River Valley are affected by this Plan, and that lands designated as Protected Countryside within the Greenbelt Area are subject to the entire Greenbelt Plan except section 6.

Full text
English
Website
www.ontario.ca