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| Ministry of Environment |
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| Sensitive
Ecosystems Inventories |
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Central Okanagan Ecosystems
A 'sensitive' ecosystem is one that is ecologically fragile and/or
is recognized as rare in the provincial landscape. Rare ecosystems are
those that are considered to be provincially rare either because of
limited distribution or because disturbance has significantly limited
their distribution. Rare ecosystems are designated by the Conservation
Data Centre (CDC) of the British Columbia government and are listed
as either 'red' (considered to be extirpated, endangered, or threatened)
or 'blue' (considered vulnerable).
The Central Okanagan SEI identified seven 'sensitive'
ecosystem types:
and two 'other important ecosystem'
types:
These Other Important Ecosystems have significant ecological and biological
values associated with them, although they are not defined as sensitive
ecosystems.
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