Dictionary of Natural Resource Management

380 Pages·1996·29.534 MB·English

by  Julian A. Dunster

Dictionary of
Natural Resource
Management
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Julian and Katherine Dunster
Dictionary of
Natural Resource
Management
UBCPress / Vancouver
© UBC Press 1996
All rights reserved. No part of this publication
may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
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prior written permission of the publisher.
Printed in Canada on acid-free paper <*>
ISBN 0-7748-0503-X
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Dunster, Julian A. (Julian Andrew), 1954-
Dictionary of natural resource management
ISBN 0-7748-0503-X
1. Natural resources - Management -
Dictionaries. I. Dunster, Katherine Jane, 1955- II.
Title.
S922.D86 1995 333.7'03 C95-910798-3
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This book is dedicated to the wonderful
memories of our association with the
late Robert S. Dorney, one of Canada's
foremost natural resource planners: a
supervisor, friend, and mentor beyond
compare. He showed us how to turn
dreams into realities.
Si monumentum requiris, circumspice.
And to Flora, our hope for the future.
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Contents
Acknowledgments / ix
Introduction / xiii
Dictionary / 3
Appendixes
1 Classification of Organisms / 337
2 Geological Time Scales / 354
3 Conversion Tables and Other
Measurements / 356
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Acknowledgments
Researching and compiling a book of
this nature has involved the cooperation
of many people and organizations
around the world as sponsors of the
work, as reviewers of the data entered,
as sources of critical (but mostly help-
ful) advice, or as suppliers of additional
materials. Without this assistance the
project would have failed, and we are
indebted to the many people who have
helped us.
The research work was cooperatively
funded by government and non-
government agencies: British Columbia
Conservation Foundation; Department
of Fisheries and Oceans (Habitat Manage-
ment); Natural Resources Canada; British
Columbia Ministry of Forests (FRDA
II); British Columbia Ministry of Envi-
ronment, Lands and Parks, Integrated
Resource Management; Environment
Canada, Inland Waters; Environment
Canada: Fraser River Action Plan, Forest
Ecosystem/Biodiversity, Fraser Pol-
lution Abatement Office. To all of them
we extend our thanks for their assis-
tance and faith in the project.
Wherever possible we have tried to
provide definitions that do not infringe
on the copyright of individual authors
or publishers. However, in some cases,
terms were so well defined that it was
difficult to improve the text without
making the entry clumsy. In other cases,
we have merged several definitions to
provide more comprehensive entries or
to ensure that we have captured the many