{"id":1943,"date":"2016-01-26T16:08:12","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T00:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/?page_id=1943"},"modified":"2016-06-21T07:00:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T14:00:59","slug":"forest-biodiversity-and-grassland-ecosystems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/environmental-sections\/forest-biodiversity-and-grassland-ecosystems\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Biodiversity and Grassland Ecosystems"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1943\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1943-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-1943-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-1943-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1943-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-1943-0-0-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2>Main Sections<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-1943-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_nav_menu panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-1943-0-0-1\" ><ul id=\"menu-sections-menu-closed\" class=\"menu\"><li  class=\"menu-table-of-contents menu-item-2626 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/table-of-contents\/\"><span>TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li  class=\"menu-general-information sf-dropdown menu-item-2354 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/general-information\/\"><span>GENERAL INFORMATION<\/span><\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu sf-dropdown-menu dropdown\">\n\t<li  class=\"menu-purpose-and-scope menu-item-2623 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/general-information\/purpose-and-scope\/\"><span>Purpose and Scope<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"menu-development-plan menu-item-2621 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/general-information\/development-plan\/\"><span>Development Plan<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"menu-area-description menu-item-2620 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/general-information\/area-description\/\"><span>Area Description<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"menu-resource-management-direction menu-item-2622 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/general-information\/resource-management-direction\/\"><span>Resource Management Direction<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"menu-regulatory-context menu-item-2624 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/general-information\/regulatory-context\/\"><span>Regulatory Context<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"menu-the-role-of-information menu-item-2625 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/general-information\/role-of-information\/\"><span>The Role of Information<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li  class=\"menu-community-sections sf-dropdown menu-item-2351 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/community-sections\/\"><span>COMMUNITY SECTIONS<\/span><\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu sf-dropdown-menu dropdown\">\n\t<li  class=\"menu-access-trails-and-transportation menu-item-2605 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/community-sections\/access-and-transportation\/\"><span>Access, Trails and Transportation<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"menu-communities menu-item-2606 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/community-sections\/communities\/\"><span>Communities<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"menu-visual-landscape-management menu-item-2609 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/community-sections\/visual-landscape-management\/\"><span>Visual Landscape Management<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"menu-cultural-and-historical-resources menu-item-2607 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/community-sections\/cultural-and-historical-resources\/\"><span>Cultural and Historical Resources<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"menu-first-nations menu-item-2608 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/community-sections\/first-nations\/\"><span>First Nations<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li  class=\"menu-economic-sections sf-dropdown menu-item-2352 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/economic-sections\/\"><span>ECONOMIC SECTIONS<\/span><\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu sf-dropdown-menu dropdown\">\n\t<li  class=\"menu-agriculture-and-range menu-item-2610 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/economic-sections\/agriculture-and-range\/\"><span>Agriculture and Range<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"menu-crown-land-and-water menu-item-2611 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/economic-sections\/crown-land-and-water\/\"><span>Crown Land and Water<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"menu-energy-and-minerals menu-item-2612 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/economic-sections\/energy-and-minerals\/\"><span>Energy and Minerals<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"menu-timber-and-silviculture menu-item-2613 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/economic-sections\/timber-and-silviculture\/\"><span>Timber and Silviculture<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"menu-tourism-and-recreation menu-item-2614 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/economic-sections\/tourism-and-recreation\/\"><span>Tourism and Recreation<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li  class=\"menu-environmental-sections sf-dropdown menu-item-2353 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/environmental-sections\/\"><span>ENVIRONMENTAL SECTIONS<\/span><\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu sf-dropdown-menu dropdown\">\n\t<li  class=\"menu-fish-and-riparian-habitat menu-item-2615 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/environmental-sections\/fish-and-riparian-habitat\/\"><span>Fish and Riparian Habitat<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"menu-forest-and-grassland-ecosystems menu-item-2616 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/environmental-sections\/forest-biodiversity-and-grassland-ecosystems\/\"><span>Forest and Grassland Ecosystems<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"menu-protected-areas menu-item-2618 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/environmental-sections\/protected-areas\/\"><span>Protected Areas<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"menu-plants menu-item-2617 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/environmental-sections\/plants\/\"><span>Plants<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"menu-wildlife menu-item-2619 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/environmental-sections\/wildlife\/\"><span>Wildlife<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li  class=\"menu-implementation menu-item-2356 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/implementation-monitoring-and-amendment\/\"><span>IMPLEMENTATION<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li  class=\"menu-glossary menu-item-2355 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/glossary\/\"><span>GLOSSARY<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1943-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1943-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Forest Biodiversity and Grassland Ecosystems<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>Resource management can be used to sustain natural processes and conditions in forested and grassland areas.<\/p>\n<p>A range of wildlife and plant species benefit from conserving representative amounts of old growth forests and imitating natural patterns of disturbance.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Global warming and climate change is happening and it is a challenge the entire world is facing. History has taught us that mankind is at it best when it\u2019s most needed. This does not mean, however, that we should sit back and wait until everything solves itself. Instead, we should get up, study the problem, think of possible solutions and come up with a well designed plan.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">A New Climate for Conservation Nature, Carbon and Climate Change in British Columbia is an example of this kind of initiative. In this study, researchers present key recommendations on how to address climate change and changes in biodiversity. The paper first discusses the importance of British Columbia's biodiversity, the current condition of the climate state, its impact on B.C.'s biological diversity, future ecosystem, species and genetic responses, and finally resilience and ecological adaptation. The study continues with an overview of the natural capital and the ecosystem services, the role of ecosystems in climate change, the changing policy in forest and carbon mitigation in British Columbia, the emerging research into forest and carbon dynamics and the current forest and carbon mitigation pilots.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Based on their study, the researchers have come up with 6 key recommendations. First of all, it is important to make sure that the nature conservation strategies and the climate action strategies will become integrated. The second recommendation that they put forward is that the core protected areas should be broadened into a climate conservation network. Besides covering more ground, it is important that new tools, legislation and incentives will be introduced. Because of it significance, the researchers focus on one specific incentive as a separate recommendation: provide incentives for stewardship in every sector. Basically, this means getting everyone involved in every possible area. The fifth recommendation that the researchers put forward is that British Columbia should take the lead on carbon and biodiversity valuation because British Columbia is well positioned at the institutional, legal, social, ecological and economic levels to take advantage of the emerging economy of natural carbon sequestration. Finally, it is recommended that the principle that humans are part of nature and that our survival is intertwined with nature's survival will be established.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Studying global warming and climate change and the effects they have on biodiversity is important. In order to do this well, all the variables and their connections should be thoroughly investigated. Once this is done, a clear and global plan can be designed to address the challenges we are facing.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/cpawsbc.org\/upload\/NewClimate_report_CPAWS.pdf\">A New Climate for Conservation Nature, Carbon and Climate Change in British Columbia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-1943-0-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_nav_menu panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><ul id=\"menu-forest-biodiversity-and-grassland-ecosystems\" class=\"menu\"><li  class=\"menu-biodiversity-in-dry-forest-and-grasslands menu-item-2025 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/environmental-sections\/forest-biodiversity-and-grassland-ecosystems\/biodiversity-in-dry-forest-and-grasslands\/\"><span>Biodiversity in Dry Forest and Grasslands<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li  class=\"menu-biodiversity-in-forested-areas menu-item-2026 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/environmental-sections\/forest-biodiversity-and-grassland-ecosystems\/biodiversity-in-forested-areas\/\"><span>Biodiversity in Forested Areas<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li  class=\"menu-fire-management sf-dropdown menu-item-2808 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/environmental-sections\/forest-biodiversity-and-grassland-ecosystems\/fire-management\/\"><span>Fire Management<\/span><\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu sf-dropdown-menu dropdown\">\n\t<li  class=\"menu-natural-fire menu-item-2812 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/environmental-sections\/forest-biodiversity-and-grassland-ecosystems\/fire-management\/natural-fire\/\"><span>Natural Fire<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"menu-prescribed-fire menu-item-2815 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/environmental-sections\/forest-biodiversity-and-grassland-ecosystems\/fire-management\/prescribed-fire\/\"><span>Prescribed Fire<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1943-0-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1943-0-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_nav_menu panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-1943-0-2-0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Forest Biodiversity and Grassland Ecosystems<\/h3><ul id=\"menu-forest-biodiversity-and-grassland-ecosystems-1\" class=\"menu\"><li  class=\"menu-biodiversity-in-dry-forest-and-grasslands menu-item-2025 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/environmental-sections\/forest-biodiversity-and-grassland-ecosystems\/biodiversity-in-dry-forest-and-grasslands\/\"><span>Biodiversity in Dry Forest and Grasslands<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li  class=\"menu-biodiversity-in-forested-areas menu-item-2026 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/environmental-sections\/forest-biodiversity-and-grassland-ecosystems\/biodiversity-in-forested-areas\/\"><span>Biodiversity in Forested Areas<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li  class=\"menu-fire-management sf-dropdown menu-item-2808 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/environmental-sections\/forest-biodiversity-and-grassland-ecosystems\/fire-management\/\"><span>Fire Management<\/span><\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu sf-dropdown-menu dropdown\">\n\t<li  class=\"menu-natural-fire menu-item-2812 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/environmental-sections\/forest-biodiversity-and-grassland-ecosystems\/fire-management\/natural-fire\/\"><span>Natural Fire<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"menu-prescribed-fire menu-item-2815 menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lillooet.stewardship.foundation\/environmental-sections\/forest-biodiversity-and-grassland-ecosystems\/fire-management\/prescribed-fire\/\"><span>Prescribed Fire<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main Sections Resource management can be used to sustain natural processes and conditions in forested and grassland areas.A range of wildlife and plant species benefit from conserving representative amounts of old growth forests and imitating natural patterns of disturbance.Global warming &hellip; 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