The Regional Integration of Protected Areas: A Study of Canada's National Parks

• Main Author: McCleave, Julia Maggie
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2008
• Subjects: Geography; British Columbia; Canada; Gros Morne National Park; Newfoundland; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/3830

The relationship between protected areas and their regions is complex, dynamic, and often based on social interactions. It is widely accepted that protected areas are not “islands” – rather they are connected to their regions through ecological interactions such as the movement of air, water, wildli...