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Manitoba has received the national 2012 Gold Leaf Award from the Canadian Council on Ecological Areas (CCEA) for ensuring the protection of private conservation lands. To date, a total of 10,200 hectares of private land forms part of the province's protected areas network. The ecologically significant habitats these private conservation lands support are considered essential to maintaining biodiversity in developed parts of Manitoba. The provincial government worked jointly with three conservation agencies to include some of their lands in the protected areas network. Conservation lands owned and managed by Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC), the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and Nature Manitoba are now included in the network. 'The DUC lands enrolled into the protected areas network were purchased and restored with funding from the North American Waterfowl Management Plan and are managed for the benefit of waterfowl, other wildlife and people,' said Greg Bruce, head, industry and government relations, Ducks Unlimited Canada. Working together, Manitoba and the three conservation agencies are ensuring the conservation lands in the protected areas network meet the province's standard of protection. The CCEA is a national, not-for-profit organization that works to help Canadians establish and manage a comprehensive network of protected areas. Its Gold Leaf Award recognizes noteworthy contributions and achievements, outstanding initiative and excellence in planning, protecting and managing ecological areas. - Compiled from a Government of Manitoba news release
