BC Protected Areas Research Forum

Working with partners in local communities, conservation organizations, government and First Nations, Y2Y used the Data Basin platform to gather and share conservation maps and data for northeast BC. Through that research, we discovered a particularly important bridge of habitat connectivity... Read More →

The role of protected areas in caribou management in British Columbia Description / Abstract:Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) distribution and numbers have decreased in British Columbia (BC) since the early 1900s.  Currently, most of the caribou populations in the southern and northeastern... Read More →

The Wild Harts Study Area (WHSA) supports a wide range of ecological diversity and connects a network of protected areas spanning the length of the Rocky Mountain Cordillera. The WHSA occurs within a region of northeastern British Columbia that is poorly represented by protected areas... Read More →

Anthropogenically driven climate change is now recognized to be one of the most serious threats to biodiversity and the conservation thereof. Climate reshuffling, disappearance, and the emergence of novel climates forces species to tolerate climate changes, adapt, or migrate to more... Read More →