Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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The need for tree species selection on a site specific basis to regenerate the province’s forests is now recognized throughout British Columbia. However, little research has been done to assess the...
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A. Lalumière
J.A. Trofymow
Fine root and ectomycorrhizal root density and biomass were quantified in 2003 and 2004 by sequential soil coring in a 54-year old second-growth stand and 3- and 14-year-old third-growth stands of...
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Environment and Protected Areas
In October 2020, Alberta and Canada signed the Agreement for the Conservation and Recovery of the Woodland Caribou in Alberta to facilitate woodland caribou recovery in Alberta. Alberta is committed...
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S. Couturier
Aaron Dale
Jennifer Mitchell Foley
J. Snook
B. Wood
Formal report of the results of the 2014 aerial survey of the Torngat Mountains caribou herd.
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Ressources naturelles Canada
The Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector (CBM-CFS3) was developed by Natural Resources Canada’s Canadian Forest Service (CFS) to meet the operational-scale, forest carbon accounting needs...
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Results of forest health monitoring activities in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and the Northwest Territories are summarized for 1996. These results are based on assessments made on 17 permanent...
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Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
The objective of the Landscape Guide is to direct forest management activities to maintain or enhance natural landscape structure, composition and patterns that provide for the long term health of...
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Gerald Racey
Allan Harris
Lee Gerrish
Ted Armstrong
John McNicol
Jim Baker
Summary This document provides direction for landscape planning at regional and local levels in forestdwelling woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) range. The objective is to ensure a suitable...
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Forest Products Association of Canada
This report summarizes information on the forest sector’s long-standing and significant efforts to actively and sustainably manage Canada’s forests and provides recommendations to help preserve and...
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This report is adapted from a brief that was delivered in May, 2021 to the Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Stewardship, an all-party committee of the New Brunswick Legislature...
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
The Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector (CBM-CFS3) was developed by Natural Resources Canada’s Canadian Forest Service (CFS) to meet the operational-scale, forest carbon accounting needs...
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An undated “frequently asked questions” document from the Yukon Government on the opening up of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (calving ground of the Porcupine caribou herd) to industrial...
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Frost and other climate-related damage of forest trees in the Canadian prairie provinces are described in terms of their cause and damage, symptoms and diagnosis, and prevention and control. Types of...
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The Galena Hill Ecosystem Map (GHEM) was initially developed to provide information about existing plant communities and their growth conditions to guide upcoming reclamation efforts at the historical...
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Scott Morken
Max Fellows
Carolyn Smyth
This report describes a general-purpose spatial inventory rollback tool that can be applied to any GCBM project to adjust the inventory age, spatial disturbances, regeneration delays and historical...
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Anne-Christine Bonfils (Editor)
Isabelle Gamache (Editor)
This is a report on a symposium that took place 2-3 September 2004. It comprises welcoming addresses from the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Canadian Forest Service and the President of Genome...
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November
2021
The Convention on Wetlands (The Convention) and other national, regional and global policy frameworks promote the restoration of degraded peatlands. Rewetting peatland to reduce greenhouse gas...
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United Nations Environment Programme
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November
2022
Peatlands are unique and rare ecosystems that, despite only covering around 3-4% of the planet’s land surface, they contain up to one-third of the world’s soil carbon, which is twice the amount of...
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Royal Gardner
Max Finlayson
Conservation and wise use of wetlands are vital for human livelihoods. The wide range of ecosystem services wetlands provide means that they lie at the heart of sustainable development. Yet policy and...
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This glossary was prepared to provide those working in the field of reclamation in Alberta with a standardized set of definitions for reclamation terms.