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Title
Securing a Wild Future - Planning for Landscape-Scale Conservation of Yukon's Boreal Mountains. WCS Canada Conservation Report No. 9.
Author(s)
Hilary Cooke
Published
2017
Publisher
Conservation Report
Abstract
The cumulative effects of unplanned development can result in the piecemeal erosion of ecological values, with significant impacts on wildlife populations. The capacity of Yukon's Boreal Mountains to accommodate additional growth of the development footprint before ecological values and traditional economies are significantly compromised is unknown. Just a single road through a large, continuous block of intact habitat opens an area up to further resource use, wildlife exploitation, land conversion, motorised and non-motorized recreation, and continued expansion of the road network. This study examines the gaps in existing protection and opportunities and priorities for proactive landscape-scale conservation across approximately 290,000 square kilometres of the southern Yukon using the BEACON’s benchmarking modelling approach.
Keywords
Yukon, planning, landscape , BEACONS, Cooke
Full Citation
Cooke, Hilary A. 2017. Securing a Wild Future: Planning for Landscape-Scale Conservation of Yukon's Boreal Mountains. Wildlife Conservation Society Canada Conservation Report No. 9. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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