Consequences of "european" settlement
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The archipelago |
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Haida
Gwaii
is located on the Northwestern Canadian coast, 80 km off the coasts of |
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Cultural diversity |
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Haida Gwaii has around 5,000
inhabitants. Over half of them belong to the Haida Nation.
Logging, fishing and tourism are the main industries.
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3 main conifers |
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Old growth
and second growth forest cover most of the islands and are dominated by 3 conifer
tree species:
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Understory plants diversity |
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Originally
these forests had an understory rich in berry bearing shrubs such as Salal
(Gaultheria shallon), Salmon berry (Rubus spectabilis) or Red Huckleberry
(Vaccinum parviflorum).
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Changes caused by "european" settlement |
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European settlement prompted the development of industrial forest exploitation and the introduction of 143 non-native plant species (22% of the actual plant species found on Haida Gwaii) and of 14 non-native terrestrial mammals (for 11 of them that are indigenous). |
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To know more about the physical setting and the vegetation of Haida Gwaii: |
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