[PDF] The Central Coast Land And Resource Management Plan eBook

Author : Andrea Cullen
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File Size : 37,47 MB
Release : 2006
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Resolving conflict over allocation of natural resources is a significant challenge facing resource managers. Collaborative planning (CP) recently emerged as one approach to solving such conflict. This case study presents findings from an evaluation of the Central Coast Land and Resource Management Plan, one of multiple CP processes completed in British Columbia since 1992. Results indicate CP provided stakeholders of the Central Coast with a powerful tool to resolve conflict and develop a shared vision for resource management. Benefits of CP went beyond the final land use plan to create knowledge and increase social capital. However, power imbalance at the negotiation table left certain sectors out, First Nations were not fully engaged, and public accountability was lacking. Nonetheless, the final land use plan far exceeds what would have resulted from previous approaches to planning and new relationships formed; supporting results from previous CP research.

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Page : 159 pages
File Size : 48,44 MB
Release : 1997
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This report provides the results of a provincial government technical analysis of protected area values in the Central Coast Plan Area of British Columbia, which covers about 4.8 million hectares from Princess Royal Island to Johnstone Strait. It first presents an overview of the Plan Area's natural features, the current status of protected areas & study areas in the Plan Area, and some particular protected area values related to undeveloped watersheds, grizzly bears, salmon, old growth rain forest, and recreation & tourism opportunities. It then describes methods used to identify & evaluate study areas for establishment as part of the provincial Protected Areas Strategy. The primary purpose of establishing such areas is to ensure that good candidates for protection are not compromised during the forthcoming Central Coast land & resource management planning process. The study areas determined by this process are briefly described in two parts: those areas providing ecosection representative, and areas with special features. Finally, additional considerations related to study area establishment are discussed. Appendices include a glossary; details of ecosection attributes & biogeoclimatic unit sequences found in each study area; an analysis of gaps in protected areas, by ecosystem; and descriptions of the conservation, recreation, & cultural heritage values of each area.

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Page : 62 pages
File Size : 44,22 MB
Release : 2001
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In 2001, the British Columbia government endorsed phase I (the framework agreement) of the Central Coast Land & Coastal Resource Management Plan, which delineated protected areas, management zones, 7 other types of planning areas for a 4.8 million hectare region of the British Columbia coast. This report summarizes the agreement and presents an assessment of the socio-economic impact of the agreement. In the assessment, impacts on such factors as employment and existing & foregone economic activity are compared between the base case (absence of the Plan) and the land use regime specified in the agreement. Assessments are presented for the following sectors: forestry, tourism & recreation, commercial fisheries, aquaculture, mining & energy, agriculture, botanical forest products & trapping, and community/First Nations concerns.

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Page : 43 pages
File Size : 32,70 MB
Release : 2000
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The objective of this work is to assess current & anticipated socio-economic & environmental trends in the area covered by the Central Coast Land & Coastal Resource Management Plan. The plan area encompasses a 4.8 million hectare area of the British Columbia coast and includes portions of the Kitimat-Stikine, Central Coast, Cariboo, Mount Waddington, and Comox-Strathcona regional districts. Part 1 reviews the area's population characteristics, First Nations, labour force & employment, economic structure, and background information & recent trends in the forestry, fisheries, aquaculture, tourism & recreation, agriculture, mining & energy, and botanical forest product sectors. It also outlines various stakeholder & First Nation opinions on land & resource concerns in the area. Part 2 summarizes expected changes & relative risks to wildlife that would result if status quo management were to continue in the plan area. After an overview of the risk assessment indicators & assumptions used, the ecology of the plan area, and ecosystem representation in existing protected areas, part 2 provides background information along with a review of current status & anticipated trends in biodiversity & karst terrain conditions and in regard to six wildlife species (marbled murrelet, grizzly bear, black bear, black-tailed deer, moose, mountain goat). Part 3 examines the current management regime, potential resource conflicts, current status, and possible environmental impacts related to coastal marine habitats, marine fish & invertebrates, marine & coastal birds, and marine mammals. The last part describes current freshwater & anadromous fish & fish habitat values and expected future trends that are expected to occur in the absence of a management plan. It concludes with a summary of the current status of resource development activities that can potentially impact those values.