ENVR 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Rocky Mountain National Park, Ecological Island, Minimum Viable Population
22 Nov 2017
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Unit 4- park and protected areas and forestry. Application of preservation approaches in the management of riding mountain national park. Strategies in sustaining wildlife populations and ecosystems: wildlife corridors and biosphere reserves. Provincial vs. national park management: conservation (sd) vs. preservation. National parks are a country wide system of representative natural areas. These regions are protected by law with a goal to maintain the ecological integrity of the ecosystem in an unimpaired state for future generations. Ecological integrity means keeping ecosystems healthy and whole a state where ecosystem biodiversity, structures and functions are unimpaired and likely to persist: uses some historical references to identify the ei for the park. Effort is to maintain healthy populations of all native species of plants and animals. Integrity means its able to maintain its shape. Its trying to maintain all of the native species. Parks in canada have undergone a bit of an evolution in their objectives:
