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The Resources Inventory Committee consists of representatives from various ministries and agencies of the Canadian and the British Columbia governments. First Nations peoples are represented in the Committee. RIC objectives are to develop a common set of standards and procedures for the provincial r...

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Main Authors: Kim Iles Ph. D, Kim Iles, Biometrics Consultant
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.413.5372
http://archive.ilmb.gov.bc.ca/risc/pubs/teveg/vri_pni/pni.pdf
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Summary:The Resources Inventory Committee consists of representatives from various ministries and agencies of the Canadian and the British Columbia governments. First Nations peoples are represented in the Committee. RIC objectives are to develop a common set of standards and procedures for the provincial resources inventories, as recommended by the Forest Resources Commission in its 1991 report The Future of Our Forests. Primary funding of the Resources Inventory Committee work, including the preparation of this document by the Vegetation Inventory Working Group, is provided by the Canada- British Columbia Partnership Agreement on Forest Resources Development: FRDA II is a five year (1991-1996) $200 million dollar program cost-shared equally by the Federal and Provincial governments. Additional support has been provided by some of the organizations listed beside the names of the specialists which their organizations allowed to participate in the VIWG process. The contents of this report are presented for discussion purposes only. A formal technical review of this document has not yet been completed. Funding from the partnership agreement does not imply acceptance or approval of any statements or information contained herein by either