Protecting native biodiversity from high-impact invasive species through the protected areas of Parks Canada

Autor:	Michel Plante, Brian Reader, Mikaïlou Sy, Karen Keenleyside, Peter Deering, Kathie Adare
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Global and Planetary Change Ecology biology National park Agroforestry Land management Endangered species Biodiversity Alien biology.organism_classification Invasive species Geography Environmental protection Quercus garryana Ecosystem management Nature and Landscape Conservation
Zdroj:	Biodiversity. 10:51-55
ISSN:	2160-0651 1488-8386
Popis:	Protected Areas (PAs) that maintain their natural ecological integrity are effective land management tools for resource conservation. In Canada, several factors concur to set the pathway for the introduction and establishment of high-impact Invasive Alien Species (IAS) into PAs, threatening regional biodiversity. In response to this threat, Parks Canada and Canadian Parks Council have developed a standard approach for the control of harmful invasive species (alien or native). This integrated ecosystem management standard relies on the Canadian IAS Strategy and recommends that, for PAs, IAS management action should be: i) strategic and operational; ii) efficient; iii) effective; and iv) engaging. In this review paper, we present the aforesaid standard and its use in three selected case studies: i) recovering endangered Garry Oak (Quercus garryana) ecosystems in Gulf Islands National Park Reserve (British Columbia), in Fort Rodd Hill (British Columbia) and in Fisgard Lighthouse (British Columbia) N...
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