Metadata information:

	1) Data name:	
			ca_ifl_50000

	2) Short description:	
			The layer represents intact forest landscape polygons larger than 50,000 ha. An intact forest landscape is defined as a contiguous mosaic of naturally occurring ecosystems in a forest ecozone, essentially undisturbed by significant human influence. It is is a mosaic of various natural ecosystem including forest, bog, water, tundra and rock outcrops.  

	3) Data type and format: 
			Vector digital data, Arc View (*.shp)

	4) Creation Date: 
			August 2003

	5) Source of information-data origin:
			Global Forest Watch Canada, "Canada's Large Intact Forest Landscapes" (September 2003). This report and methodology are available at: www.globalforestwatch.ca.
			
	6) Projection Information:
			Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic
			Units: meters 
			Spheroid: Clarke 1866
			Central Meridian: -95 degrees
			Reference Latitude: 49 degrees
			Standard Parallel 1: 77 degrees
			Standard Parallel 2: 49 degrees
			False Easting: 0 m
			False Northing: 0 m

	7) Publisher:
			Global Forest Watch Canada
			10337 146 Street 
			Edmonton, Alberta
			T5N 3A3

	8) Contact name:	
			Zoran Stanojevic
			GIS / Remote Sensing Analyst
			Phone: (780) 422-5989
			e-mail: zorans@fanweb.ca


[Last Updated: September, 2003]