Wetland Knowledge Resources
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Mélina Guêné-Nanchen
Benoit-St-Hilaire
In light of the many potential benefits of Sphagnum farming and interest from the Canadian horticultural peat industry, some research projects to test small-scale Sphagnum farming approaches were...
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Royal Alberta Museum
Alberta Science Network
An introduction to Alberta's wetland classifications and biodiversity, created for Alberta Science Network classroom presentations. A wetland is a part of the land that holds water temporarily or...
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Ryan Melnichuk
Zhongzhi Chen
The use of pit lakes (PL) to reclaim pits at the end of mine life is common in metal and coal extraction operations. Oil sands mine operators of Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA)...
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Ernie Hui gave a keynote address at the CWRA-WPAC joint conference on March 13, 2013. Ernie Hui is the CEO, Environmental Monitoring, for Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development. The...
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
The Wetland Atlas describes the distribution of wetlands in Alberta and summarizes human footprint around open water wetlands. Also included are research spotlights on wetland biodiversity including...
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Study Focus: Six years of hydrochemical data (2013 – 2018) from the Sandhill Fen Watershed (SFW), a 52-ha upland-peatland catchment that was built upon highly saline soft tailings, were used to...
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Prince Albert Grand Council
This article describes the community-based climate monitoring and fish habitat protection programs that Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is undertaking. PAGC trains their youth in science and...
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G20 Global Land Initiative
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration
UN Environment Programme
On the occasion of Word Wetlands Day on 2 February 2023, the G20 Global Land Initiative Coordination Office in partnership with the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration...
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Rajiv Tanna
Aaron Redman
Richard Frank
Tim Arciszewski
Warren Zubot
Frederick Wrona
John Brogly
Kelly Munkittrick
This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
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Suyuan Yang
Owen Sutton
Eric Kessel
Jonathan Price
At the Nikanotee Fen Watershed, a pioneering reclamation project in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, elevated sodium (Na+) in the porewater of mine-waste materials has been shown to migrate to the fen...