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Take a virtual field trip with Google Earth! Google Earth is a free, online application that uses satellite imagery to allow the user to zoom across the globe in a realistic, virtual environment. Downloading Google Earth is free at http://www.earth.google.com. An overview manual is available by clicking here... Google Earth Overview (342.0K)
To continue: - Make sure you have the Google Earth software installed and running. - Copy the following latitude and longitude and paste into the "Fly to" field under the Search tab. - Hit “Enter” for Google Earth to take you to the specified coordinates, then come back here and read the following overview.
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In 2006, officials from the provincial government, First Nations tribes, logging companies, and environmental groups signed a historic agreement for managing the world's largest remaining intact temperate coastal rainforest. About 6 million ha (15.5 million acres), or an area about the size of Switzerland, will be managed within this area. One-third will be entirely protected from logging. In the remaining area, only selective, sustainable logging will be allowed. The area encompassed by the Great Bear Rainforest extends from the northern end of Victoria Island almost to Prince Rupert. The Queen Charlotte Islands are included in this protected area.
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