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The Landform Design Institute (LDI) is dedicated to creating and supporting a community of landform design practitioners and helping their teams design and build truly sustainable mining landscapes.

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Take the Surveys! Capacity Development Efforts to Support the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

SER plays a pivotal role in supporting the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration by establishing globally recognized standards of practice. These standards, co-developed with organizations like FAO and IUCN CEM...

ABMI's 2023/2024 Annual Report is Now Available

ABMI's 2023/2024 Annual Report highlights include:
•   using genomics to understand wetland health
•   pollinator monitoring with the Alberta Native Bee Council
•   our growing airborne data collection program
•  ...

SALMTEC Offering Online Courses and Seminars

SALMTEC offers several self-paced courses:

Wetland Policy Basics – Online Course
Understanding ACIMS Tools – Online Course
Alberta Soil Information Viewer – Online Course
Land Use Assessment - OnDemand Seminar...

Regrowth

In 2023, tens of thousands of hectares of trees burned around Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T. Now, the Tłı̨chǫ government has a plan to reforest those lands, with the hope of regrowing caribou...

Caribou habitat mostly spared from Jasper wildfire

The Jasper wildfire did not seriously impact woodland caribou habitat, according to Parks Canada. Jean-Francois Bisaillon, program manager of the Jasper Caribou Recovery Program for Parks Canada, explained 86 per...

The Caribou Habitat Restoration Fund (CHRF) Grant Applications Now Open!

The Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation is now accepting applications for the Caribou Habitat Restoration Fund (CHRF). This initiative aims to restore high-value habitat for caribou in British Columbia using functional...

Quebec’s ‘refusal to cooperate’ forces First Nations to turn to Ottawa for help: Picard

Clock ticking down on Quebec government to produce caribou management strategy.

Full text of this article can be accessed here: Caribou plan delay forces First Nations to seek Ottawa's help...

Logging proposals in B.C. caribou habitat threaten endangered herd’s recent gains, conservation group warns

The Columbia North caribou population has grown in recent years but logging plans in its core habitat could harm the endangered herd.

Full text of this article can be accessed...

Boreal Caribou habitat expansion proposed in Northern B.C.

The Ministry of Water, Land and Resources Stewardship has sent a Letter of Notice to the Peace River Regional District about several upcoming projects in the Fort Nelson, Peace District...