00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.614421 CaOODSP 20240527135427 ta 150406s1998||||xxc||||| f|0| 0 eng d 0-662-26946-2 0831-6481 CaOODSP eng n-cn--- CW69-5/320E Sensitive ecosystems inventory: East Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands, 1993-1997 Volume 1, Methodology, ecological and results / by Peggy Ward ... [et al.]. Ottawa : Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, 1998. ix, 146p. : graphs, illus., maps, references, tables ; 28 cm. Technical report series 0831-6481 320 This report (volume 1) and the Conservation Manual (volume 2) are designed to support sustainable land use decisions and to encourage wildlife conservation. These sensitive ecosystems are not the only areas of ecological importance; a variety of other habitats, such as aquatic ecosystems and younger forests also are important to the conservation of wildlife. Many of the sites identified by the SEI are at high risk of conversion to other land uses or degradation by human use and invasion by non-native vegetation. With so few of these rare and fragile ecosystems left in the study area, the need to treat seriously every one of the sites identified, and to fully evaluate all possible land use options before initiating any change, is critical.--Abstract Also available in electronic format. Résumé en français Spiral binding 00-22 2000-06-22 Terrestrial ecosystems gcpds Wetlands gcpds Land management gcpds Nature conservation gcpds Habitats gcpds Canadian Wildlife Service. Ward, Peggy Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory, East Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands, 1993-1997. (CaOODSP)9.858023 Technical report series, 0831-6481 320 (CaOODSP)9.514492