Land Management Search Results
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Seeding is less reliable than planting, and natural regeneration even less so, but these regeneration methods may be suitable, low-cost alternatives on some reclaimed sites. both seeding and natural...
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Soil compaction frequently results from industrial disturbance on mineral soils, whether due to infrastructure or equipment traffic. Soil compaction tends to be most severe on sites with high clay...
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Soil salvage is a pre-disturbance technique to conserve a site's topsoil, which is critical for maintaining nutrient cycling, organic matter, soil biota and plant propagules. In some cases, subsoil...
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Nick Salafsky
Robyn Irvine
Judy Boshoven
Jaclyn Lucas
Kent Prior
Jean-François Bisaillon
Becky Graham
Paul Harper
André Laurin
Amanda Lavers
Lalenia Neufeld
Richard Margoluis
Resource Date:
October
2021
There is currently a great deal of work being undertaken to collect, analyze, and synthesize available evidence about the effectiveness of conservation strategies. But substantial challenges still...
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Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada
This Research Agenda identifies research gaps and sets priorities for NRCan-CFS research over the next 5-10 years that will help Canada manage cumulative effects to support forest ecosystem resilience...
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Resource Date:
January
2015
This toolkit has been prepared as an operational handbook and is intended to guide implementation of reclamation techniques that will contribute to the restoration of caribou habitat. It is meant to...
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A 22 slide presentation (exported as a pdf) providing an overview of effects of wind turbine development on Caribou.
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Resource Date:
November
2023
This webinar provided a brief overview of Intensive Forest Management. It also included a panel discussion with experts who will share their knowledge on the practice.
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Nature Conservancy of Canada
Conservation Assessment for Southern Canada The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has completed a comprehensive assessment of the conservation needs and opportunities in southern Canada. The first of...
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Although ecological transitions are expected to be widespread, under even the least-change climate scenario, ecological change is not synonymous with the loss of biodiversity.
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Resource Date:
September
2017
This brief presents evidence of land use planning, spatial planning, territorial (or regional) planning, and ecosystem-based or environmental land use planning as tools that can strengthen land governance, improve economic opportunities based on sustainable management of land resources, and develop land use options that reconcile conservation and development objectives.
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Authors
Laura Finnegan
Suzanne Stevenson
Chris Johnson
Tracy McKay
Resource Date:
February
2021
With of goal of understanding how silviculture and harvesting practices might mirror those of natural disturbances, here we summarize research describing differences in responses of caribou and...
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Dee Patriquin
Alex Zeller
Karen Truman
Rebecca Hay
Sophie Gibbs
This document provides decision-making criteria to assist in various aspects of roadway design and operation for management of sustainable road systems
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The objective of this project was to conduct a comprehensive market assessment of the native plant industry
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The Peace River Coal Block in B.C. extends a distance of 150 miles from the Williston reservoir to the Alberta border. Approximately seven hundred and fifty Coal Licences are involved, each one mile...
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The presentation describes the purpose and development of a water purification model that can be used to help decision-makers evaluate tradeoffs for land use development proposals
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The presentation describes how multi-temporal remote sensing offers a better understanding of landscape changes over time in comparison to the more traditional two-date, before and after comparison.
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Cameron Jefferies
Catherine Shier
Colleen St. Clair
Tune into a conversation with the Alberta Land Institute about the role municipalities play in managing biodiversity in Alberta Featuring presentations by our guest experts: Dr. Cameron Jefferies...
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The presentation describes ABMI's role in collecting monitoring data and how the data can be used in environmental management.
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Chronic wasting disease – a fatal prion disease that affects cervids – has impacts on a number of different stakeholder groups. This presentation will provide an overview of our research on the social...