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The workshop, "Vegetation Classification Standard for Canada" was held in Hull (now Gatineau), Quebec, 31 May-2 June 2000. Representatives from a wide spectrum of Canadian federal agencies, territorial and provincial agencies, and conservation organizations throughout Canada, as well as representatives from the U.S. and Mexico, participated. The 20 presentations covered: the importance of a national vegetation classification; the International Classification of Ecological Communities (ICEC); history of the Canadian project; review of classification work in Canada; the status of vegetation classifications in the Canadian territories and provinces, along with some case studies; the development of a Canadian Forest Ecosystem Classification (FEC); and, a proposal for a Canadian National Vegetation Classification (CNVC). Two key decisions made at the workshop were that (1) the ICEC should be the basis from which to develop a CNVC as a standard, and (2) a CNVC Working Group should be established and consist of two sub-groups: a Steering Committee and a Technical Committee. We anticipate that decisions made at and after this workshop will have a substantial impact on how ecological communities are classified and used for conservation throughout Canada and beyond. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
