Agreement fails to protect rare karst landscapes, expert warns

The newly signed Great Bear Rainforest agreement is under attack for failing to adequately protect of one of the world’s most fragile landscapes — subterranean karst, including features such as caves and sinkholes. The agreement “does not address karst specifically, it’s left to chance,” warned Paul Griffiths, a karst authority and scientist based in Campbell River. “If you have a cave in the Great Bear Rainforest it is not automatically protected. They need to address karst directly with a specific objective.”