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This dissertation identifies a reduction which is currently occurring in the role of the earth sciences in the planning, management and interpretation of the national parks of Canada. Through the analysis of the Canadian National Parks Act, National Park Policies, Systems Plan and the Natural Resource and Visitor Activity Management Processes, as well as information on experience in the United States, New Zealand and other countries, it is shown that there is and has been a role for the earth sciences in the planning, management and interpretation of the parks. Case studies of ten management plans from nine parks indicated that the natural resource management functions at individual national parks rarely identified...
The absence of boreal forests from global policy agendas on sustainable development and climate change mitigation represents a massive missed opportunity for environmental protection. The boreal zone contains some of the world's largest pools of terrestrial carbon that, if not safeguarded from a conversion to a net source of greenhouse gases, could seriously exacerbate global climate change. At the same time, boreal countries have a strong tradition of forest management ? expertise that could be effectively leveraged towards global and national carbon mitigation targets and sustainable development. Current obstacles against such contributions include weak incentives for carbon sequestration and a reluctance to embrace...
This thesis uses a literature review of protected areas selection, park management, comprehensive regional land use planning, and cumulative environmental effects and assessment to develop a methodology that identifies areas with concentrations of social and/or ecological values in and around northern national parks. The proposed methodology involves two stages. First, a database of values is developed by taking an inventory of social and ecological values through extensive literature reviews, interviews, and consultation with the public. This database is then used in the second step to determine areas with concentrations of social and/or ecological values, or "value hotspots", using a series of tables and maps....
Issue Title: Key Concepts and Research Priorities for Landscape Sustainability Over the last decade we have seen an increased emphasis in environmental management and policies aimed at maintaining and restoring multiple ecosystem services at landscape scales. This emphasis has resulted from the recognition that management of specific environmental targets and ecosystem services requires an understanding of landscape processes and the spatial scales that maintain those targets and services. Moreover, we have become increasingly aware of the influence of broad-scale drivers such as climate change on landscape processes and the ecosystem services they support. Studies and assessments on the relative success of environmental...
Recent "science wars" challenging the primacy of scientific authority in technical decision making, increasingly complex policy problems, and expanding demands for public participation have created tension among both the producers and users of science, especially in the highly visible policy arenas of natural resource management. This article uses survey data collected in 1999 from Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia to investigate public perspectives on these conflicting roles for science and scientists in the natural resource and environmental policy making process in the Canadian and American contexts. Determinants of public support for involving scientists in the policy making process also are characterized...
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Abstract: In this article we extend the theory of community prediction by presenting seven hypotheses for predicting community structure in a directionally changing world. The first three address well-studied community responses to environmental and ecological change: ecological communities are most likely to exhibit threshold changes in structure when perturbations cause large changes in limiting soil or sediment resources, dominant or keystone species, or attributes of disturbance regime that influence community recruitment. Four additional hypotheses address social-ecological interactions and apply to both ecological communities and social-ecological systems. Human responsiveness to short-term and local costs...
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The Lútsäw Wetland Habitat Protection Area (LWHPA) was established as a Special Management Area (SMA) in accordance with the terms and provisions of Chapter 10 of the Selkirk First Nation Final Agreement whose effective date is October 1, 1997. ... the Selkirk First Nation Final Agreement also requires that (LWHPA) be designated as a Habitat Protection Area pursuant to the Wildlife Act as soon as possible after the effective date .... Establishment of the area as a SMA imposes an obligation to maintain important features of its natural or cultural environment for the benefit of Yukon residents and all Canadians while respecting the rights of Yukon Indian People and Yukon First Nations. ... the following objectives...
map background search result map search result map Working relationships in ecosystem-based management Frances Lake wildlands study: a description of a candidate protected area in the southeast Yukon Horseshoe Slough Nuna K’óhonete Yédäk Tah’é Habitat Protection Area Management Plan Lútsäw wetland: habitat protection area management plan Species richness and biodiversity conservation priorities in British Columbia, Canada Adaptive management in the U.S. National Wildlife Refuge System: Science-management partnerships for conservation delivery Climate change scenario planning in Alaska's National Parks: Stakeholder involvement in the decision-making process Culture, intangibles and metrics in environmental management The declining role of the earth sciences in the planning, management and interpretation of Canada's national parks: Identification, documentation, possible causes, and means of reversal Protected Areas in Northern Canada: Designing for Ecological Integrity. Phase I Report. CCEA Occasional Paper No. 16 Changing snow and shrub conditions affect albedo with global implications Denali Park Road: final vehicle management plan and environmental impact statement Lútsäw wetland: habitat protection area management plan Changing snow and shrub conditions affect albedo with global implications Frances Lake wildlands study: a description of a candidate protected area in the southeast Yukon Denali Park Road: final vehicle management plan and environmental impact statement The declining role of the earth sciences in the planning, management and interpretation of Canada's national parks: Identification, documentation, possible causes, and means of reversal Climate change scenario planning in Alaska's National Parks: Stakeholder involvement in the decision-making process Adaptive management in the U.S. National Wildlife Refuge System: Science-management partnerships for conservation delivery Species richness and biodiversity conservation priorities in British Columbia, Canada Working relationships in ecosystem-based management Culture, intangibles and metrics in environmental management Protected Areas in Northern Canada: Designing for Ecological Integrity. Phase I Report. CCEA Occasional Paper No. 16