Thank you very much for the question.
Looking at the issues such as the invasive alien species, which is a very good example of the challenges of managing an area such as a national park, given the large distribution and the potential impact of these invasive alien species, it's very difficult for us to manage it without the support of the neighbouring community. This is really where the seeds or the eggs of these invasive species will be coming in.
We have extremely good relationships with the neighbouring communities. The one example I had in my presentation was the control and removal of scotch broom in the Garry oak ecosystem in the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve. Given the large distribution of this weed, there has been a huge engagement of the municipalities in organizing events such as what they call the “broom sweep” in order to remove these species from national parks and national historic sites. As one example of the magnitude of the issue, in one weekend last year in one of these broom sweeps, they removed over eight tonnes of scotch broom.
If you look at the challenges in terms of managing that as an individual organization, it is quite difficult without the support of volunteers.