The CCLM collaborators believe collaboration and knowledge sharing are key to advancing their collective conservation and land management goals. Each organization is a leader in their field and committed to making their work and expertise easily accessible so that conservation and land managers across Canada are better informed and equipped to make the important decisions that impact our environment.
Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) is a not-for-profit, science-based organization that has been a respected leader in habitat conservation for over 80 years. DUC’s vision is a world with abundant wetlands and waterfowl – today, tomorrow, and forever. DUC’s mission is to conserve, restore and manage wetlands and associated habitats for North America’s waterfowl. Additionally, wetlands benefit other wildlife, people, and our environment.
DUC’s National Boreal Program (NBP) has been in operation for over 25 years and delivers conservation programs across the boreal forest. NBP programs focus on supporting three key areas: 1) the establishment of protected and conserved areas, 2) wetland and related policies, and 3) sustainable land-use practices.
The NBP works with governments, Indigenous communities, industry, researchers, environmental non-profits, and other partners to deliver wetland training, outreach, and extension; wetland mapping, inventory, and modeling; scientific research; and other projects to advance boreal wetland conservation.
DUC, through the NBP, strongly supports the CCLM as a tool for facilitating knowledge exchange, promoting collaboration, and developing communities of practice to advance land and water conservation and management across Canada.
The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) Centre for Boreal Research (CBR) is part of NAIT Industry Solutions. The goal of Industry Solutions is to help individual companies and broader industries in Alberta and Canada succeed in building a strong and prosperous economy. The CBR is an applied research center based in Peace River, Alberta. They are a leader in applied research for reclamation, restoration, and reforestation of disturbed uplands and wetlands, and an essential partner for applied science, innovation and enterprise development in Alberta’s boreal forest region.
The CBR’s mission is to promote the informed use of boreal resources through applied science, education, and partnerships with industry, government agencies, practitioners, communities and academic partners. They provide novel, scientifically proven and cost-effective reclamation methods, products, training and education across four key programs: 1) Forest Reclamation, 2) Peatland Restoration, 3) Plant and Seed Technologies and 4) Research Extension and Education.
Deeply committed to enhancing the innovation capacity and competitiveness of its industry partners and small and medium-sized enterprises, the CBR provides timely publication of technical information and easy access to their research expertise and technology. CBR’s partnership with the CCLM reflects this commitment by facilitating knowledge sharing and collaboration with an even more diverse audience.
Under the 2018 Action Plan for Boreal caribou, the Government of Canada made a commitment to establish the National Boreal Caribou Knowledge Consortium (NBCKC), a forum for collaborative knowledge generation and sharing to support the conservation and recovery of boreal caribou across Canada.
The NBCKC is coordinated by a secretariat housed in Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Science & Technology Branch, but its direction is driven by its members, who come from academia, Indigenous organizations, wildlife co-management boards, industry, ENGOs, and federal, provincial and territorial governments.
Conservation and recovery of boreal caribou, a species dispersed widely across many Canadian jurisdictions, requires collaboration and communication among experts and knowledge holders and policy makers. The NBCKC Secretariat has collaborated with the CCLM and developed the CCLM Portal as an important tool to gather relevant information into one place and improve communication and collaboration across diverse interested parties and members of the NBCKC.
The Canadian Forest Service (CFS) is the national and international voice for Canada’s forest sector. They are part of Natural Resources Canada, a federal government department, and in addition to their office in Ottawa, ON, they operate out of 6 research centres across the country. The CFS collaborates closely with Canada’s provinces and territories to ensure our forests are sustainable and healthy for our country and the world to enjoy.
Core services provided by the CFS include conducting scientific research in Canada’s forests, providing science and policy expertise as well as advice on national forest sector issues. Their research helps inform forest management planning and policy decisions and assists the forest industry, the public and other scientists. By collaborating with the CCLM, the CFS is sharing ecosystem science and resources that can help them continue to reduce its environmental footprint and advance its excellent record for environmental performance.
InnoTech Alberta enables value generation and accelerates commercial development by providing access to world-class expertise and industrial scale facilities needed to transition technologies to innovations.
Since 1921, we’ve been the heart of Alberta’s innovation engine as Canada’s premier applied research organization. From generating new ideas to testing, mitigating risk, and helping businesses and industries scale up their processes and products, our work has always focused on productive commercial applications. We have the capacity, tools, and expertise to solve whatever challenges our partners and clients face.
Through our world-class researchers, leading-edge facilities, and strategic investments, we pave the path of innovation that will feed, grow, fuel, and build Alberta’s economy. We also help our business and industry partners reduce their impact on our environment, improve their operations, and transition valuable technology and products to the market.
As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alberta Innovates, we were established by the Government of Alberta to be a key component of Alberta Innovates’ Pathway to Commercialization. Our aim is to be indisputably recognized provincially, nationally, and internationally as a leading provider of applied research, development and innovation services to position Alberta Innovates as the leader in accelerating innovation in Alberta.
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