How much of the Great Bear Rainforest has been logged?

How much of the Great Bear Rainforest has been logged?

When we started our campaign in the early 1990s less than 5 percent of the rainforest was protected. The remaining 15 percent of the forested areas of the Great Bear Rainforest that can be logged are now subject to the most stringent logging regulations in North America. Eight new protected areas have been established.

What is the Great Bear Rainforest agreement?

The 2016 Great Bear Rainforest Land Use Order and Great Bear Rainforest (Forest Management) Act will conserve 85% of the forest and 70% of old growth over time, achieving a high level of ecological integrity.

What is happening to the Great Bear Rainforest?

Threats. Industrial developments, logging, and the combined effects of climate change continue to threaten the cultural and ecological integrity of the Great Bear Rainforest.

Is the Great Bear Rainforest a protected area?

471,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) are fully protected. Forests make up more than half of the Great Bear Rainforest – a total of 3.7 million hectares (9.1 million acres). The land use orders identify 550,000 hectares (1.36 million acres) of managed forest that will support a sustainable harvest.

Do people live in Great Bear Rainforest?

Connection of People, Land and Sea First Nations have lived in the Great Bear Rainforest for thousands of years. Our culture and livelihoods are deeply intertwined with its forests, rivers and sea. Iconic species such as Pacific coastal wolves and the rare white Spirit Bear are found only here.

Is there logging in the Great Bear Rainforest?

Logging is restricted to 15% of the Great Bear Rainforest and it will be subject to the most stringent standards in North America; and. Every year, logging companies are required to report how they are achieving their conservation targets.

Is Haida Gwaii part of the Great Bear Rainforest?

The Great Bear Rainforest is a vast temperate rainforest on the Pacific coast. It stretches from just above Bute Inlet to the bottom of the Alaska Panhandle. There are deep and complex connections between the marine and terrestrial ecosystems of this region that extend to the archipelago of Haida Gwaii.

Who protects the Great Bear Rainforest?

British Columbians
The Great Bear Rainforest is a global treasure that covers 6.4 million hectares on British Columbia’s north and central coast – equivalent in size to Ireland. All British Columbians have a stake in protecting it.

Why are spirit bears so rare?

Spirit bears are rare white-coated black bears (Ursus americanus kermodei) that live in the coastal temperate rainforests of Northwest British Columbia. Their striking colour is caused by an uncommon recessive genetic trait.

Is Great bear Island real?

​​​​​​ Great Bear Island is an island off the coast of northern mainland Canada. It is the main setting of The Long Dark.

Is there a jungle in Canada?

Since Canada’s rainforest falls between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer, our forests are temperate. Other countries that have temperate rainforests include Chile, New Zealand and Norway. All temperate rainforests share similar characteristics, but different plants and animals populate each.

How will the Great Bear Rainforest be managed?

First Nations, environmental groups, and forest industry representatives announced the final decision on how the Great Bear Rainforest would be managed now and into the future. The approach is Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) and is based in science as well as traditional, local knowledge.

The rate of cut in the Great Bear Rainforest has gone WAY down — around a 40 percent reduction since Greenpeace’s campaign began. Better protections for bear dens and endangered micro-ecosystems are now in place.

What is the Great Bear Rainforest?

This land of mist-shrouded valleys and old-growth forests is home to First Nations people who have been linked to the rainforest since time immemorial. A new IMAX film, Great Bear Rainforest, explores this important landscape.

What is the Great Bear Rainforest Act?

The limits to industrial logging will be legislated in a new law to be called the Great Bear Rainforest Act. This will provide ecological as well as economic certainty long into the future. A bear climbs over a fallen tree in the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia, Canada.