Aquatic Ecosystems - BC Cumulative Effects Framework - 2020 Assessment

The Protocol is currently designed to be a coarse-level approach to depict data at a broader (provincial) scale and to allow for refinements in data at a finer (regional) scale or for multi-scaled analyses where desired and appropriate. The assessment results based on this Protocol indicate the modelled condition of the value derived from Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis. Results are intended to inform strategic and tactical decision making and may also provide relevant context for operational decision making. Engaging local value experts to identify additional regional scale information – if applicable – and to support interpretation and application of results is encouraged. Based on a review of existing direction for the management of watersheds and aquatic ecosystems, existing broad objectives can be categorized into three themes that guide the assessment procedure: 1. Sustain water quality; 2. Sustain water quantity; and 3. Sustain hydrological & aquatic ecosystem functions and processes. For more information please visit the BC Cumulative Effects Framework website and the Aquatic Ecosystems Value website.

The data and application linked in the resources represents the resultant assessment data in the following natural resource regions: - Northeast Natural Resource Region - Kootenay-Boundary Natural Resource Region - South Coast Natural Resource Region - West Coast Natural Resource Region - Skeena Natural Resource Region (Assessment units not within Skeena Sustainable Assessment Forum area)

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• Cumulative Effects Watershed Hazard Assessment...other
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• AGO
• AGOL
• Aquatic Ecosystems
• Aquatics
• ArcGIS Online
• Assessment
• Cumulative Effects
• Environmental Reporting
• Experience Builder
• Kootenay-Boundary Region
• Northeast Region
• Resource Strewardship
• South Coast Region
• Watershed
• Web Application
• West Coast Region

Additional Info

• Maturity Level 1 (46%)
• Maturity Level 2 (38%)
• Maturity Level 3 (0%)
• Maturity Level 4 (20%)
• Maturity Level 5 (0%)
• Maturity Level 6 (0%)

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Last Updated	October 19, 2025, 23:24 (UTC)
Created	October 19, 2025, 23:24 (UTC)
Domain / Topic Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Title Title for the Dataset.	Aquatic Ecosystems - BC Cumulative Effects Framework - 2020 Assessment
Description A description of the dataset.	The Protocol is currently designed to be a coarse-level approach to depict data at a broader (provincial) scale and to allow for refinements in data at a finer (regional) scale or for multi-scaled analyses where desired and appropriate. The assessment results based on this Protocol indicate the modelled condition of the value derived from Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis. Results are intended to inform strategic and tactical decision making and may also provide relevant context for operational decision making. Engaging local value experts to identify additional regional scale information – if applicable – and to support interpretation and application of results is encouraged. Based on a review of existing direction for the management of watersheds and aquatic ecosystems, existing broad objectives can be categorized into three themes that guide the assessment procedure: 1. Sustain water quality; 2. Sustain water quantity; and 3. Sustain hydrological & aquatic ecosystem functions and processes. For more information please visit the BC Cumulative Effects Framework website and the Aquatic Ecosystems Value website. The data and application linked in the resources represents the resultant assessment data in the following natural resource regions: - Northeast Natural Resource Region - Kootenay-Boundary Natural Resource Region - South Coast Natural Resource Region - West Coast Natural Resource Region - Skeena Natural Resource Region (Assessment units not within Skeena Sustainable Assessment Forum area)
Tags / Keywords Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.	AGO AGOL Aquatic Ecosystems Aquatics ArcGIS Online Assessment Cumulative Effects Environmental Reporting Experience Builder Kootenay-Boundary Region Northeast Region Resource Strewardship South Coast Region Watershed Web Application West Coast Region
Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc) File format of the dataset.
Dataset Size Dataset size in megabytes.
Metadata Identifier Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
Published Date Published date of the dataset.	2022-12-08
Time Period Data Span (start date) Start date of the data in the dataset.
Time Period Data Span (end date) End date of time data in the dataset.
GeoSpatial Area Data Span A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.

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Access category Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).
License License used to access the dataset.	Access Only
Limits on use Limits on use of data.
Location Location of the dataset.	https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/aquatic-ecosystems-bc-cumulative-effects-framework-2020-assessment
Data Service Data service for accessing a dataset.
Owner Owner of the dataset.	Collaborative Stewardship and Cumulative Effects Management
Contact Point Who to contact regarding access?	Cumulative Effects
Contact Point Email The email to contact regarding access?	[email protected]
Publisher Publisher of the dataset.
Publisher Email Email of the publisher.
Author Author of the dataset.
Author Email Email of the author.
Accessed At Date the data and metadata was accessed.

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Identifier Unique identifier for the dataset.
Language Language(s) of the dataset
Link to dataset description A URL to an external document describing the dataset.
Persistent Identifier Data is identified by a persistent identifier.
Globally Unique Identifier Data is identified by a persistent and globally unique identifier.
Contains data about individuals Does the data hold data about individuals?
Contains data about identifiable individuals Does the data hold identifiable data about individual?
Contains Indigenous Data Does the data hold data about Indigenous communities?
Portal Type Platform type of the source portal.

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Version Version of the datatset	None
Source Source of the dataset.	https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/cumulative-effects-framework
Version notes Version notes about the dataset.
Is version of another dataset Link to dataset that it is a version of.
Other versions Link to datasets that are versions of it.
Provenance Text Provenance Text of the data.	Data run date: Oct 15, 2020. Data vintage - 2018
Provenance URL Provenance URL of the data.
Temporal resolution Describes how granular the date/time data in the dataset is.
GeoSpatial resolution in meters Describes how granular (in meters) geospatial data is in the dataset.
GeoSpatial resolution (in regions) Describes how granular (in regions) geospatial data is in the dataset.

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Indigenous Community Permission Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
Community Permission Community permission (who gave permission).
The Indigenous communities the dataset is about Indigenous communities from which data is derived.

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Number of data rows If tabular dataset, total number of rows.
Number of data columns If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.
Number of data cells If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.
Number of data relations If RDF dataset, total number of triples.
Number of entities If RDF dataset, total number of entities.
Number of data properties If RDF dataset, total number of unique properties used by the triples.
Data quality Describes the quality of the data in the dataset.
Metric for data quality A metric used to measure the quality of the data, such as missing values or invalid formats.

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