Indicator Summary Data: Protected Lands and Waters in B.C.

Indicator Summary Data: Protected Lands and Waters in B.C. These tabular datasets are the result of an analysis completed for the '[Protected Lands & Waters in B.C.' indicator published on Environmental Reporting BC](http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/soe/indicators/land/protected-lands-and-waters.html) in June 2016. The data include: 1. The number and total area (hectares and percent) of B.C. land and waters covered by protected area designations. 2. The area (hectares and percent) of land and waters in each of B.C.'s ecoregions covered by protected areas, broken down by designation. 3. The total area protected (hectares and percent), with overlaps removed, of land and waters in each of B.C.'s ecoregions. 4. The area (hectares and percent) of land and waters in each of B.C.'s biogeoclimatic zones covered by protected areas, broken down by designation. 5. The total area protected (hectares and percent), with overlaps removed, of land and waters in each of B.C.'s biogeoclimatic zones. The source data on protected areas for these summaries come from three sources: - The 2015 [Canadian Council on Ecological Areas](http://www.ccea.org/) database of protected areas in Canada [(Conservation Areas Reporting and Tracking System - CARTS)](http://www.ccea.org/carts/) accessed in January 2016; - The provincially administered [Conservation Lands Data](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/68327529-c0d5-4fcb-b84e-f8d98a7f8612) maintained by the [B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations](http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/habitat/conservation-lands/); - Data for privately held conservation lands, such as those owned by land trusts, or private lands protected by conservation covenants, available from the [British Columbia Non-Governmental Organization Conservation Areas Database Working Group](http://ltabc.ca/resources/2012-02-05-22-20-02). Municipal and regional parks were not included in the analyses. The [**R**](http://www.r-project.org) code for reproducing this indicator summary data is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/bcgov/protected-lands-and-waters-indicator). 2024-07-24 Government of British Columbia andy.teucher@gov.bc.ca Nature and Environmentbiogeoclimatic zonesecoregionsenvironmental reportingprotected areasprotected landsprotected watersprotectionstate of environment reportingstateofenvironment Summary: BEC Zone (With Overlaps) Protected Land & Water DesignationsCSV https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/6579744d-818c-4b26-839a-28a03edc0d98/resource/4d984d2c-f09d-46e0-a83b-39495785b8af/download/beczoneprotectedlandwaterdesignationssummary.csv Summary: BC Protected Land & Water DesignationsCSV https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/6579744d-818c-4b26-839a-28a03edc0d98/resource/1e5b4c81-3e55-4ef5-b3cf-bbc0746ce666/download/bcprotectedlandwaterdesignationssummary.csv Summary: BEC Zone (No Overlaps) Protected Land & WaterCSV https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/6579744d-818c-4b26-839a-28a03edc0d98/resource/ef5a4f1a-ed31-4524-8617-f90c1f0cd292/download/beczoneprotectedlandwatersummary.csv Summary: Ecoregion (No Overlaps) Protected Land & Water SummaryCSV https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/6579744d-818c-4b26-839a-28a03edc0d98/resource/07a44a44-7194-4900-986c-50cac8c2e0cc/download/ecoregionsprotectedlandwatersummary.csv Original metadata (https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca)HTML https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/indicator-summary-data-protected-lands-and-waters-in-b-c- Summary: Ecoregion (With Overlaps) Protected Land & Water DesignationsCSV https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/6579744d-818c-4b26-839a-28a03edc0d98/resource/576f571e-28c6-4d3f-86d6-1bacea956940/download/ecoregionprotectedlandwaterdesignationssummary.csv

These tabular datasets are the result of an analysis completed for the 'Protected Lands & Waters in B.C.' indicator published on Environmental Reporting BC in June 2016. The data include: 1. The number and total area (hectares and percent) of B.C. land and waters covered by protected area designations. 2. The area (hectares and percent) of land and waters in each of B.C.'s ecoregions covered by protected areas, broken down by designation. 3. The total area protected (hectares and percent), with overlaps removed, of land and waters in each of B.C.'s ecoregions. 4. The area (hectares and percent) of land and waters in each of B.C.'s biogeoclimatic zones covered by protected areas, broken down by designation. 5. The total area protected (hectares and percent), with overlaps removed, of land and waters in each of B.C.'s biogeoclimatic zones. The source data on protected areas for these summaries come from three sources: - The 2015 Canadian Council on Ecological Areas database of protected areas in Canada (Conservation Areas Reporting and Tracking System - CARTS) accessed in January 2016; - The provincially administered Conservation Lands Data maintained by the B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations; - Data for privately held conservation lands, such as those owned by land trusts, or private lands protected by conservation covenants, available from the British Columbia Non-Governmental Organization Conservation Areas Database Working Group. Municipal and regional parks were not included in the analyses. The R code for reproducing this indicator summary data is available on GitHub.

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