 
Learning Objectives
Introduction
What is Karst?
How is Karst
Formed?
Where is Karst
Found?
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Why is Karst
Important?
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Karst
Management Handbook for
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Economic Values
The primary economic benefits that karst landscapes provide to
British Columbia are:
- Timber – High-value timber
resources, particularly those found on Vancouver Island.
- Agriculture – Karst areas are characteristically
rich for agricultural purposes.
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Limestone pit on
Texada
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- Minerals – The quarrying of limestone and dolomite is
a major economic activity,
providing raw materials and processed products for agriculture,
glass and paint
manufacturing, concrete production, pulp and paper production.
Limestone, dolomite
and marble are
used for building and ornamental stone.
- Recreation – Karst generates opportunities
for employment and revenue from tourism (attractive
surface karst features, underlying caves,
high biodiversity).
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