Wild Spaces, Protected Places : a Protected Areas Strategy for the Yukon

Download or read book Wild Spaces, Protected Places : a Protected Areas Strategy for the Yukon written by Yukon Territory. Department of Renewable Resources and published by [Whitehorse, Yukon] : Department of Renewable Resources. This book was released on 1998 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlines the Yukon strategy for protecting part of each of the territory's 23 ecoregions, protecting special places, and using principles of ecosystem management to conserve natural processes on other lands and waters. Includes a vision statement, criteria for selecting protected areas and special places, guiding principles of the strategy, and information on: the relation between protected areas and First Nation final agreements; the roles and responsibilities of those involved in the strategy; the steps to be followed to protect representative core areas within each ecoregion; initiatives for sustaining and diversifying the territorial economy; and implementing the strategy.