Welcome to the BC Interior Biodiversity Conservation AtlasClick here to access the Atlas launch page (once there click on the button "Public Access" to enter)
Inputs used in the assessment include terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and species distribution. Terrestrial data is, for the most part, attributed to 500 hectare hexagons while freshwater content is attributed to BC 3rd order watersheds. Results of the conservation assessment, spatial optimization analyses conducted through the use of Marxan are also portrayed in hexagons and watersheds. These results show the priority conservation sites for the suite of conservation targets and goals identified by a team of regional and subject matter experts. These target lists, as well as shape files of much of the atlas content, can be found here. The data layers are also available as a web map service via this link: http://atlas.natureconservancy.ca/ArcGIS/services/ NCC_WMS_v1/MapServer/WMSServer?
Please be aware of the limitations of the data. These data are meant to be used at a scale of 1:50,000 or smaller (such as 1:250,000) for the purpose of assessing the conservation status over large geographic regions. Data evaluation and improvement are ongoing. The input data contained in this Atlas was gathered from many sources and are protected under applicable copyright and other proprietary rights. The user of this site is granted a non-exclusive license to use some or all of the content for their own personal, non-commercial and informational purposes only, provided such material is not altered and ownership of the material is expressly attributed to the original data custodian or any other person to whom the ownership of the material is attributed. Click here to open the Atlas Click here to download data and target lists |
