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Ecotrust's survey of the "rain forests of home" began with the 1992 publication of Coastal Temperate Rain Forests: Ecological Characteristics, Status, and Distribution Worldwide. That work led us to identify British Columbia's Kitlope as the world's largest intact temperate rain forest watershed and to seek collaboration with the Haisla First Nation, whose traditional territory includes the Kitlope. Our joint efforts spurred the 1994 designation of the 800,000-acre Kitlope Heritage Conservancy Protected Area (Huchsduwachsdu Nuyem Jees), under joint Haisla and B.C. Provincial management. Since those early years, Ecotrust's areas of research and analysis have multiplied greatly, while remaining rooted in this region. We've supported the work of Ecotrust Canada's Aboriginal Mapping Network in providing resources to indigenous communities. And we partnered with the Wild Salmon Center to launch the State of the Salmon consortium, assembling the big picture of salmon status and trends across the North Pacific. Along the way, our toolkit has expanded beyond GIS to include methods such as: agro-ecological assessment, life-cycle assessment, integrated socioeconomic valuation, ecosystem service valuation, growth and yield modeling, land-use planning and more. Ecotrust remains committed to an open development philosophy and to democratizing access to spatial analysis technologies and platforms. ...

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