Discovery Islands Ecosystem Mapping Project, British Columbia

The Discovery Islands are a unique ecological region in coastal British Columbia [BC] where strong climatic influences from the Georgia Basin, Johnstone Strait and BC Interior converge. 
Today’s various interests and escalating activities across the islands urgently require coordinated planning decisions to ensure appropriate use, to maintain ecological integrity and to ensure sustainable human communities.
The Discovery Islands presently have no comprehensive ecosystem inventory, no old growth management plan, and no identified ungulate winter range or wildlife habitat areas, all of which are B.C. standards for informing land use decisions. 

The Discovery Islands Ecosystem Mapping (DIEM) Project seeks to map the terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and enduring features of the Discovery Islands and nearby mainland inlets to support improved development planning through sensitive ecosystem conservation and meaningful community consultation.