Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Susan Stuver, Research Scientist for Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources, discusses the development of advanced analytical methods for open path systems
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Alex Lanki-Traikovski
Michelle Knaggs
Climate refugia are areas where the impacts of climate change may be slower to materialize, providing either permanent or temporary areas of existing habitat that are more likely to persist than...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
NAIT Centre for Boreal Research (formerly NAIT Boreal Research Institute) is developing cost effective methods to restore the ecological functions of the decommissioned wellsites with the surrounding...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
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April
2020
Exploration of resources (i.e. oil and gas, forestry) creates numerous temporary access features, including seismic lines, winter roads, and oil sands exploration (OSE) wells in boreal peatlands...
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Ed Whittingham, Executive Director, Pembina Institute reviews the Alberta Climate Leadership Plan and discusses what it means for Alberta's international reputation, Canada's Greenhouse Gas policies...
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G20 Global Land Initiative
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration
UN Environment Programme
On the occasion of Word Wetlands Day on 2 February 2023, the G20 Global Land Initiative Coordination Office in partnership with the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration...
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Fort Nelson First Nation Lands Department
Resource Date:
October
2020
In 2019 the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation (HCTF) funded Fort Nelson First Nation (FNFN) to implement the Caribou Habitat Restoration Fund (CHRF) Kotcho Lake Restoration Area project to benefit...
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Anne Naeth
Konstantin Dlusskiy
Leonard Leskiw
Chris Powter
Andy Etmanski
Humans impact everything, including our soil. We remove, mix and compact soil horizons. We add amendments, including waste materials, to replace soil or improve its health. Soils that that have been...
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I will introduce ABMI’s Ecological Recovery Monitoring program, which is establishing long-term monitoring protocols to assess ecological recovery at certified reclaimed wellsites across Alberta
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Wendy MacKeigan
Alex Mifflin
Tyler Mifflin
Samantha Blake
Jacob Thompson
Nick Koro
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November
2023
Wetlands are the most diverse and ecologically important ecosystems in Ontario. They help purify water, control floods, reduce erosion and fight climate change. They provide critical habitat for...
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NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
The NAIT Centre for Boreal Research (formerly NAIT Boreal Research Institute) is in the Peace River oilsands region of northwestern Alberta. One of the key research initiatives at the Centre is...
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Dean MacKenzie
Bonnie Drozdowski
Since 2018, InnoTech Alberta, Vertex Resource Group Ltd., Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, and Enviro Q&A Services have been working on a PTAC-sponsored project to provide recommendations for...
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Determining appropriate indicators for measuring and monitoring reclamation success and ecological recovery rates can be challenging and often involves trade-offs.
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An online seminar developed by InnoTech Alberta and Acden Vertex for Indigenous opportunity seekers, the energy industry and service providers.
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This online seminar provides information on cutting-edge digital and emerging technologies for more effective management of the environmental stages of energy asset retirement.
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Wendy MacKeigan
Alex Mifflin
Tyler Mifflin
Samantha Blake
Jacob Thompson
Nick Koro
Resource Date:
November
2023
Canada's Boreal Forest is the largest intact terrestrial, ecosystem remaining on Earth. It is an irreplaceable stronghold of nature that benefits every corner of the planet, whether through its...
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Jason Fisher is the Senior Research Scientist in Wildlife Ecology for Alberta Innovates and his presentation is about White-tailed deer in boreal Alberta. White-tailed deer are expanding their...
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Resource Date:
March
2017
This presentation provides an introduction to the Peatland Restoration program at the NAIT Boreal Research Institute and the program's current research.
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This ongoing project characterized changes and early responses in biodiversity and environmental conditions along seismic lines in relation to the adjacent forest.
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Resource Date:
November
2020
Boreal Fen Vegetation Initiation on Residual Mineral Substrates Presented by Felix Nwaishi, Mount Royal University and Bin Xu, NAIT Centre for Boreal Research Energy exploration in Alberta’s oil sands...