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Category : Soil surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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British Columbia Soil Survey, Report
Author: British Columbia Soil Survey
Author: British Columbia’s Inland Rainforest
Author: Susan K. StevensonPublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 077485961X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
The vast temperate rainforests of coastal British Columbia are world renowned, but much less is known about the other rainforest located 500 kilometres inland along the western slopes of the interior mountains. The unique integration of continentality and humidity in this region favours the development of lush rainforest communities that incorporate both coastal and boreal elements. This book brings together, for the first time, a broad spectrum of information about the ecology, management, and conservation of this distinctive ecosystem. Accessibly written and generously illustrated, the chapters examine the physical, social, economic, and ecological dimensions of the rainforest. They also look at how the delicate balance of this ecosystem has been threatened by human use and climate change. In the past, governments encouraged the forest industry to clearcut the “decadent” old stands and replace them with rapidly growing young trees of other species. More recently, out of concern for the ecological consequences of such practices, researchers have begun to examine alternative management strategies. This book offers a vision that combines various strategies in order to balance the conservation of the inland rainforest as a fully functioning ecosystem with human use of its diverse resources.
Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1448
Author: Publisher: Natural Resources Canada
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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Report of the British Columbia Department of Agriculture
Author: British Columbia. Department of AgriculturePublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 646
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Canadiana
Author: General Technical Report RM.
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Beyond the City Limits
Author: R.W. SandwellPublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774841435
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The essays in Beyond the City Limits, all published here for the first time, decisively break this silence and challenge traditional readings of B.C. history. In this wide-ranging collection, R.W. Sandwell draws together a distinguished group of contributors who bring expertise, methodologies, and theoretical perspectives taken from social and political history, environmental studies, cultural geography, and anthropology. They discuss such diverse topics as Aboriginal-White settler relations on Vancouver Island, pimping and violence in northern BC, and the triumph of the coddling moth over Okanagan orchardists, to show that a narrow emphasis on resource extraction, capitalist labour relations, and urban society is simply not broad enough to adequately describe those who populated the province's history.
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