Burrard Inlet Environmental Indicators Report - the BIEAP and ...

Burrard Inlet Environmental Indicators Report February 2008
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .......................................................................................................... i
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 1
PART 1 – SETTING THE CONTEXT ........................................................................................ 3
PART 2 – LINKS BETWEEN HUMAN ACTIVITIES AND BURRARD INLET STATUS........... 8
PART 3 – THE INDICATORS.................................................................................................. 11
1. Tree Canopy Cover ....................................................................................... 12
2. Parks and Protected Areas.............................................................................. 1
3. Waterbird Abundance.................................................................................... 20
4. Air Quality...................................................................................................... 23
5. Greenhouse Gas Emissions.......................................................................... 23
6. Water and Sediment Quality.......................................................................... 23
7. Recreational Water Quality, Fecal Coliforms................................................. 23
PART 4 – REFERENCES........................................................................................................ 40
PART 5 – GLOSSARY ............................................................................................................ 43
List of Tables
Table 1: Key Findings and Trends for Burrard Inlet Environmental Indicators.................... 2
Table 2: BIEAP Partners and Communities Bordering Burrard Inlet................................... 3
Table 3: Burrard Inlet Environmental Indicators .................................................................. 7
Table 2-1: Management Area Classes ................................................................................. 18
Table 2-2: Amount of Protected and Park Land in Burrard Inlet Watershed
(total area and % of land in each management class) ........................................ 18
Table 2-3: Proportion of Land in Management Classes for Each Burrard
Inlet Catchment ................................................................................................... 19
Table 5-1: Common Sources and Contributors of GHGs ..................................................... 28
Table 7-1: Burrard Inlet Beach Locations ............................................................................. 36
List of Maps
Map 1: Basins and Catchments of the Burrard Inlet Watershed ....................................... 4
Map 2: Ortho-Image of the Burrard Inlet Watershed ......................................................... 5
Map 3: Developable vs. Undeveloped Areas for the Burrard Inlet Catchments .............. 13
Map 4: Location of Management Area Classes and RCAs in the Burrard Inlet............... 17
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