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As Canadians, our forests permeate our lives, and Canada’s forest sector is an essential economic engine and major employer of Canadians, including in Indigenous and rural communities. The theme of...
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
This annual report offers a national snapshot of the social, economic and environmental status of forests and forestry in Canada. The theme of this edition is “Canada’s forests: adapting to change”...
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
In this 31st edition of The State of Canada’s Forests, the theme is Canada’s forests provide solutions to a changing world. The report highlights how the integrated social, environmental and economic...
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In this 33rd edition of The State of Canada’s Forests: Annual Report, the theme is "Relationships for resiliency: Interconnections between people, nature, and the long-term sustainablility of Canada's...
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Y. Huberman
J. Beckers
R. Brett
G. Castilla
R. Errington
E.C. Fraser-Reid
D. Goodsman
E.H. Hogg
J. Metsaranta
E. Neilson
J. Olesinski
M.-A. Parisien
D. Price
T. Ramsfield
C. Shaw
D. Thompson
M.F. Voicu
E. Whitman
J. Edwards
The climate in Canada’s north has changed over the past 70 years. Indeed, mean annual temperature in the Northwest Territories has increased by 2°C to 4°C since record keeping began in 1950. Annual...
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
As of 2010, human footprint in the Active In-situ Region was 7.7%, whereas it was 20.8% in the Mineable Region. Total human footprint in all Woodland Caribou ranges increased between 2007 and 2010
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
As of 2012, the total human footprint across the OSR was 13.8%. Energy footprint covered 2.2% of the OSR. The total human footprint in the OSR increased from 11.3% to 13.8% between 1999 and 2012.
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
This report presents data on several indicators of environmental health for the Kakwa River Project area where ARC Resources operates in northwestern Alberta. The Kakwa River Project area covers...
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The Sahtúgot’ı̨nę have lived in the Sahtú Region around Great Bear Lake since time immemorial. Our Elders believe that spirituality is the foundation for our language, culture and worldview and...
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Krystyna Klimaszewska
Yill Park
Jan Bonga
Modern forest management relies on extensive breeding and reforestation programs to support the sustainability of forest productivity and conservation of natural forests. Plantation forestry, with its...
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Allice Legat
Mary McCreadie
This report considers Tłı̨chǫ knowledge of the relationships that tǫdzı (boreal caribou) have with their habitat, including human and other-than human beings.
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Al Fedkenheuer
Robert Faye
Nancy Finlayson
Sheila Luther
T.J. Patterson
Objective was to evaluate several pipeline topsoil stripping depths to determine whether they result in land capability equivalent to that of adjacent forested lands broken for cultivation
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Karen Cannon
Sandra Landsburg
Topsoil stripping of forested soils and its subsequent replacement would result in horizon characteristics similar to those of the plough depth resulting from farming practices
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B. McMahon
Peter McCart
A. Peltzner
G. Walder
Study designed to determine whether groundwater from the mine area is toxic and, if so, the concentrations at which this toxicity is expressed. Species, including fish and aquatic insects was tested
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Conceptual model of employment and the occupational structure, a proposal for training indigenous people which would facilitate their employment, and a procedure for evaluating program efficacy
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Horizon Project reclamation goal is to achieve self-sustaining ecosystems with capability equivalent to predevelopment conditions using locally common boreal forest communities as a guide for reveg
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Ronald Swist
Cameron MacKay
Examine existing legislation to determine (1) what machinery is available for the creation of a transportation corridor, (2) what problems accrue or could accrue by virtue of that legislation
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Bolter Parish Trimble Ltd.
Ducks Unlimited (Canada)
Tom Peters and Associates
Siemens Realty & Appraisal Services Ltd.
Stewart Weir Stewart Watson & Heinrichs
Contains the following sections: Environment Characteristics and Conditions; Soils; Wildlife; and, Preliminary Review and Land Evaluation
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Bolter Parish Trimble Ltd.
Ducks Unlimited (Canada)
Tom Peters and Associates
K.C. Mackenzie Associates Ltd.
Stewart Weir Stewart Watson & Heinrichs
Contains the following chapters: Environment Characteristics and Conditions; Soils; Wildlife; and Human Settlement Pattern of the Expanded Study Area
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K.C. Mackenzie Associates Limited
General purpose of this report is to examine various constraints, resulting from human settlement patterns, which will affect the selection of a route for the proposed oil sands pipeline corridor.