Core Reserves
Examples of this pattern in action:
GAP Analysis/National Biological Survey
Gap Analysis is a program that identifies "gaps" in the protection of biodiversity on a state by state basis. The key components of this program are the mapping of land cover according to dominant plant groups, the mapping of the distribution of vertebrate animal species, and the delineation of the level of protection within a state. Display of this information using a GIS format, and analysis of the data collected, provides a snapshot of the status of plant and animal communities. It also provides land and resource managers with the key information they need to make scientifically-based resource decisions. A cooperative effort among regional, state, and federal agencies, and private groups, GAP is coordinated by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Clayoquot Sound
As a result of the 1993 Land Use Decision, almost 900 square kilometres (350 square miles) 34 percent of Clayoquot Sound is now preserved for all time. The protected area forms a natural reserve linking the interior mountains to the ocean shore. It includes the largest intact watershed on Vancouver Island, significant old growth forest, lake and river salmon spawning habitat, rare marine ecosystems, and 29 rare plant species. It also includes over 700 square kilometres (270 square miles) of coastal temperate rainforest.
Greater Kitlope Ecosystem
The Haisla Nation of British Columbia led indigenous peoples and environmentalists to a great victory in 1994. Their work saved most of the million-acre Greater Kitlope Ecosystem, the world's largest known, intact, coastal, temperate rainforest watershed. The Haisla and Henaaksiala people have worked for years to ensure protection of the cultural and ecological integrity of the Kitlope. They achieved a critical first step when West Fraser Timber voluntarily relinquished logging rights to 800,000 acres of the Kitlope without seeking compensation. On August 16, the Haisla Nation and B.C. Premier Mike Harcourt announced permanent protection of the Kitlope Valley, three-fourths of the Greater Kitlope Ecosystem.
Organizations whose work incorporate this pattern:
Oregon Natural Resources Council
BC Spaces for Nature
The Nature Conservancy
Trust for Public Land
References:
Noss, R.F, M.A. O'Connell and D.D. Murphy. The Science of Conservation Planning: Habitat Conservation Under the Endangered Species Act. Washington, DC. 1997.
Noss, Reed F and Allen Y. Cooperrider. Saving Nature's Legacy: Protecting and Restoring Biodiversity. Island Press. Washington, DC. 1994.
Peck, Sheila. Planning for Biodiversity: Issues and Examples. Island Press. Washington, DC. 1998.
Soule, M.E., ed. Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and Diversity. Sinauer. Sunderland, MA. 1986.
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