Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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United Nations Environment Programme
Resource Date:
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.
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
This handbook assists applicants with their submissions to the Growing Canada’s Forests program, Early Starts projects Expression of Interest (EOI) process. It provides guidance on the type of...
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
This handbook assists respondents with their submissions to the Growing Canada’s Forests program, Future Collaborators Request for Information (RFI) process. It provides guidance on the type of...
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K. Chapman
K.A. Baldwin
S. Basquill
M. Major
W.J. Meades
C. Morneau
J.-P. Saucier
P.W.C. Uhlig
M.C. Wester
Les communautés de la forêt boréale des sites bien drainés (Associations) de l’est du Canada sont classifiées dans le Macrogroupe M495 [Forêts boréales de l’Est de l’Amérique du Nord] de la...
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D.G.W. Edwards
B.S.P. Wang
Pierre Boross
This publication describes detailed training guidelines of tree seed testing that are used at both national and international levels. An historical overview of tree seed testing in Canada is also...
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On June 25, 2018, InnoTech Alberta, the Environmental Services Association of Alberta (ESSA) and Alberta Economic Development and Trade co-hosted a workshop entitled Harnessing the Innovation System...
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Peter Hall
Laszlo Magasi
Lester Carlson
Ken Stolte
Elvia Niebla
Maria de Bauer
Carlos Gonzalez-Vincente
Tomas Hernández-Tejeda
Forests are environmentally and economically important in North America, and forest health is monitored to enable policy decisions to be made on factors affecting forest health. Forests are subject to...
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D.T. Price
D.W. McKenney
L.A. Joyce
R.M. Siltanen
P. Papadopol
K. Lawrence
Projections of future climate were selected for four well-established general circulation models (GCMs) forced by each of three greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions scenarios recommended by the...
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Madeline Stanley
Marina Puzyreva
Dimple Roy
Resource Date:
February
2019
In Canada and globally, there is growing use of natural infrastructure (NI)—actively managed natural systems and resources such as plants, soil and wetlands—to address increasing risks related to climate change and to meet pressing environmental and economic needs.
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Soil conditions, growth of 1200 planted seedlings each of lodgepole pine ( Pinus contorta var. latifolia) and Douglas-fir ( Pseudotsuga menziesii), and development of other vegetation were studied to...
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Benjamin Moody
Peter Amirault
Literature pertaining to the impact of forest pests on timber productivity in the prairie provinces and Northwest Territories is reviewed. The discussion of impact is largely confined to growth loss...
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The Vangorda Plateau at the Faro Mine Complex contains two open pits that, starting in 2013, will both require dewatering. Since mine abandonment in 1998, water levels in Vangorda pit have been...
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Authors
Ginger Gibson
Rachel Ford
The Firelight Group
Between June and November 2022, MakeWay and the Firelight Group (Firelight) conducted research on five different Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs). Through nine interviews and a two-day...
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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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Indigenous-led environmental firms are at the forefront of blending Indigenous knowledge with contemporary environmental science, crafting innovative solutions for conservation, resource management...
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Martyn Riddle
Ed Osborne
Brian Geddes
The objective of industrial site decommissioning is to leave the site in a safe condition consistent with its proposed future use. Environmental and human health concerns are key ingredients in any...
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During the 1980's, environmental issues grew rapidly in importance, and more sophisticated modelling scenarios were developed as an aid in predicting the transport and persistence behaviour of...
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Resource Date:
April
2022
Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report assesses the impacts of climate change, looking at ecosystems...