Great Bear Rainforest - Landscape Reserve Design

This layer contains current Landscape Reserve Design (LRD) polygons associated the Great Bear Rainforest. The spatial data layer excludes sensitive information and is publicly viewable and downloadable. This data represents legally established and spatially defined LRD areas and are designed to meet Great Bear Rainforest requirements for Old Forest representation, Indigenous features and resources, wildlife values, and rare and endangered ecosystems that are identified during landscape unit planning or operational planning processes. Forest licensees are required to implement Ecosystem Based Management during operational planning processes to concurrently maintain ecosystem integrity and improve human well-being. This spatial view displays the current legal polygons, with more to be added as LRDs are established. This data is viewable in iMapBC by adding this layer name: Landscape Reserve Design – GBRO - legal.

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Last Updated April 17, 2026, 20:52 (UTC)
Created April 17, 2026, 20:52 (UTC)
contact_email Brian.Cavanagh@gov.bc.ca
contact_person {"en": "Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Regional Operations - West Coast", "fr": "Gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique; Gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique; Regional Operations - West Coast"}
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open_canada_date_published 2022-05-10 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords {"en": ["EBM", "Ecosystem Based Management", "GBR", "GBRO", "Great Bear Rainforest", "Great Bear Rainforest Order", "LRD", "Landscape Reserve Design", "Government information"], "fr-t-en": ["EBM", "Gestion basée sur les écosystèmes", "GBR", "FRÈRE", "Forêt pluviale de Great Bear", "Ordre de Great Bear pour la forêt tropicale", "LRD", "Conception de réserves paysagères", "Information gouvernementale"]}
open_canada_subject ["economics_and_industry", "form_descriptors", "nature_and_environment"]
sensitivity_level unrestricted
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update_frequency P1D