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Author : Griffiths, P.; Stokes, T.; I'Anson, B.; Ramsey, C.; Bradford, P.; and Craven, B.
Date : 2005.
Title : The next step for karst management in British Columbia: Transition to a results-based forest practices framework.
Publication : 16th Australasian Conference on Cave and Karst Management. April, 10-17, 2005. Westport, New Zealand.
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Page(s) : 7 p.
Abstract
The release of Karst Inventory Standards and Vulnerability Assessment Procedures for British Columbia in 2001, and the Karst Management Handbook for British Columbia in 2003, has given impetus to more comprehensive management of karst resources in British Columbia (BC) forests. In January 2004, the BC government introduced the Forest and Range Practices Act , heralding a new results-based legislative and regulatory framework for forest management. This new approach, based largely on professional reliance, and monitoring and effectiveness evaluations, will have profound implications for karst management in BC. Under this new system, the surface or subsurface elements of a karst system will most likely be managed as a "resource feature" that must first be established by legal order. Once established as a resource feature, practice requirements specify that primary forestry activities (harvesting, road work and silviculture) must not damage or render the resource feature ineffective. Monitoring and evaluation indicators and protocols for karst have recently been developed as part of a provincewide evaluation program. These protocols will be used to assess the effectiveness of karst management strategies and practices in BC forests under the new Forest and Range Practices Act .
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