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Resource Date:
September
2023
Although peatlands cover only 3% of the world's land, they store about twice as much carbon as in the biomass of all the world's forests combined. Thus, they are incredibly important especially for...
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B.C. Hawkes
S.W. Taylor
C. Stockdale
T.L. Shore
S.J. Beukema
D. Robinson
This paper examines the use of PrognosisBC (the BC variant of the Forest Vegetation Simulator) and the Northern Idaho variant of the Fire and Fuels Extension (FFE) to project changes in stand...
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Ineffective surface reclamation legislation for many years left thousands of hectares of Alberta landscape scarred and abandoned after being disturbed by man's activities. In an effort to reclaim some...
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Pedocan Land Evaluation Ltd.
Part 1 of this manual is a background and explanatory section that describes the terminology used in soil surveys and presents the assumptions and conventions upon which the interpretations are based
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Pedocan Land Evaluation Ltd.
Part 2 presents typical data and interpretations for each soil series in Alberta. The interpretations were made by applying the guidelines in Part 1, and checking the results against experience
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Michael Ryan
David Fraser
Valin Marshall
Fangliang He
Six chronosequences were established on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to address the concerns regarding the potential loss of species diversity and increased risk to rare or old-growth...
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Through the development of two Department of Environment programs; namely, the Regional Landfill Program and the H.S.T.F. Land Reclamation Program and the enactment of the Sand and Gravel regulations...
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
In this 31st edition of The State of Canada’s Forests, the theme is Canada’s forests provide solutions to a changing world. The report highlights how the integrated social, environmental and economic...
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Y. Huberman
J. Beckers
R. Brett
G. Castilla
R. Errington
E.C. Fraser-Reid
D. Goodsman
E.H. Hogg
J. Metsaranta
E. Neilson
J. Olesinski
M.-A. Parisien
D. Price
T. Ramsfield
C. Shaw
D. Thompson
M.F. Voicu
E. Whitman
J. Edwards
The climate in Canada’s north has changed over the past 70 years. Indeed, mean annual temperature in the Northwest Territories has increased by 2°C to 4°C since record keeping began in 1950. Annual...
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Roy Brooke
Sara Jane O'Niell
Stephanie Cairns
Resource Date:
February
2018
This Project Overview document outlines the findings of, and lessons learned by, six local governments as they investigated how natural assets are benefiting their communities.
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K.C. Mackenzie Associates Limited
General purpose of this report is to examine various constraints, resulting from human settlement patterns, which will affect the selection of a route for the proposed oil sands pipeline corridor.
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Christopher Evans
Vincent Gauci
To reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, conservation and restoration of wetlands play a key role. This report outlines the contribution of wetlands to global methane output; differences between...
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Paige Olmsted
Sonia Patel
Infrastructure is the underlying structure that helps a country and its economy function. While most people think of infrastructure as concrete structures like bridges and ports, wetlands are also...
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Chris Stockdale
Quinn Barber
Marc-André Parisien
Resource Date:
April
2018
The boreal forests of Alberta have dense networks of seismic exploration lines which have been shown to contribute significantly to the decline in woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou)...