Round River Canada associates are actively engaged in the
following on-going projects in BC, in close collaboration
with RRCS counterparts:
- Development
and implementation of a Conservation Area Design (CAD),
and land use plan for the traditional territory of the
Taku River Tlingit First Nation;
- Participation
in the coast information team (CIT), conducting spatial
analysis to assist with efforts to conserve the Great
Bear Rainforest.
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Assisting the BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management
and the Muskwa-Kechika Advisory Board with the development
of a Conservation Area Design for the Muskwa-Kechika Management
Area;
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Planning and convening a 3-day workshop for scientists
and land use planners on the science and application of
Conservation Area Design (CAD) in relatively intact landscapes,
scheduled for November 2003 in Vancouver.
In
addition, RRCS staff is also engaged in a number of other
projects in British Columbia, including the following:
- Conservation
area design (CAD) for the trans-boundary systems of British
Columbia and Alaska for the Transboundary Watershed Alliance;
- Participation
in the coast information team (CIT) conducting spatial
analysis to assist with efforts to conserve the Great
Bear Rainforest.
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Conservation
Area Design (CAD)
The process
of developing spatially explicit models, maps,
and other analysis tools to preserve biodiversity
for the long term is referred to as a Conservation
Area Design (CAD). A CAD provides a science-based
framework for identifying and prioritizing areas
for sustainable conservation based upon biological
values, threats, and opportunities for implementation.
A CAD may also provide mechanisms for identifying
biological limits and standards for proposed
resource development and human activity within
specific sub-areas of a regional landscape.
Although CAD has conventionally been used to
inform land use planning, recent developments
in the science and practice of CAD in Canada
and elsewhere has provided new dynamic tools
such as scenario modelling that can be used
as decision support tools for on-going conservation
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The following reports can be downloaded in PDF format:
Our
Land is Our Future - the Taku River Tlingit First Nation
Vision and
Management Direction for Land and Resources (15.4 MB)
A
Conservation Area Design for the Territory of the Taku River
Tlingit FirstNation (31.5 MB)
Our
Land is Our Future - Summary of the Taku River Tlingit First
Nation
Vision and Management Direction for Land and Resources
(7.4 MB)
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For more information
please contact Anna Strom, Project Director
Round
River Canada
600-220 Cambie St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 2M9
Canada
Email:
info@roundrivercanada.org
Telephone:
604-816-7441
Fax:
604-608-4949
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