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CEMA Resources Available Online

The Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA) was a leading multi-stakeholder group operating in the heart of Canada’s boreal forest - the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta.

CEMA was a...

Aboriginal Training Services - Drone Training Courses

Aboriginal Training Services (ATS) is a leading Indigenous-owned company specializing in training programs for remote piloted aerial systems (RPAS), also known as drones. ATS offers basic and advanced RPAS pilot training...

ABMI LiDAR Data to be Made Available to the Public

In partnership with various funders and collaborators, the ABMI has been collecting LiDAR data since 2022. During 2024, some of these data—covering approximately 5,600 square kilometres of Alberta—will be made...

BC’s 47th Annual Mine Reclamation Symposium

Presented by the British Columbia Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation, the 2024 Symposium will be located in Burnaby, BC and feature a short course, field tour, two full days...

Ottawa demands caribou protection strategy by May 1

Ottawa will not resume negotiations with Quebec on species at risk until the strategy for protecting the habitat of woodland and mountain caribou is tabled. Federal Minister Steven Guilbeault "strongly...

Concerns Raised Over Mining Exploration in Caribou Habitat

Manitoba’s efforts to champion its critical mineral sector may be putting one of the province’s most iconic species — the boreal woodland caribou — at risk.

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Seal River Watershed to be Canada's Largest Terrestrial IPCA

The 50,000-square-kilometre Seal River watershed in northern Manitoba is one of the largest ecologically intact watersheds in the world. Teeming with biodiversity, its conservation value is almost without parallel. Located...

Alberta has Made Little Progress to Protect Caribou Despite Conservation Deal, Report Shows

An Alberta government document suggests the province has made little progress in protecting its 15 threatened caribou herds, despite having signed an agreement with Ottawa that promised it would.

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‘We’re writing our own story’: four Manitoba First Nations sign historic conservation agreement

The pristine 50,000-square-kilometre Seal River Watershed region would be the province’s first federally recognized Indigenous protected area.

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'Cutting the heck' out of Canada's boreal forest has put caribou at risk

Canada is home to the largest boreal forest in the world, a vast expanse of wilderness rich in biodiversity that stretches from coast to coast. But a major new study...