Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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United Nations Environment Programme
Resource Date:
November
2022
Peatlands are unique and rare ecosystems that, despite only covering around 3-4% of the planet’s land surface, they contain up to one-third of the world’s soil carbon, which is twice the amount of...
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Royal Gardner
Max Finlayson
Conservation and wise use of wetlands are vital for human livelihoods. The wide range of ecosystem services wetlands provide means that they lie at the heart of sustainable development. Yet policy and...
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Jonathan Price
Colin McCarter
William Quinton
Peatlands are wetlands with soil comprised of undecomposed remains of plants that accumulate in such a way that both responds to and controls the flux and storage of surface water and groundwater, as...
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The Vangorda Plateau at the Faro Mine Complex contains two open pits that, starting in 2013, will both require dewatering. Since mine abandonment in 1998, water levels in Vangorda pit have been...
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Jonas Mortelmans
Anne Felsberg
Gabriëlle De Lannoy
Sander Veraverbeke
Robert Field
Niels Andela
Michel Bechtold
The Canadian Fire Weather Index (FWI) system, even though originally developed and calibrated for an upland Jack pine forest, is used globally to estimate fire danger for any fire environment. However...
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Lucas Deschamps
Vincent Maire
Lin Chen
Daniel Fortier
Gilles Gauthier
Amélie Morneault
Elisabeth Hardy-Lachance
Isabelle Dalcher- Gosselin
François Tanguay
Charles Gignac
Jeffrey McKenzie
Line Rochefort
Esther Lévesque
Resource Date:
November
2022
1. It is of prime importance to understand feedbacks due to the release of carbon (C) stored in permafrost soils (permafrost-climate feedback) and direct impacts of climatic variations on permafrost...
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Prince Albert Grand Council
This article describes the community-based climate monitoring and fish habitat protection programs that Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is undertaking. PAGC trains their youth in science and...
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Indigenous-led environmental firms are at the forefront of blending Indigenous knowledge with contemporary environmental science, crafting innovative solutions for conservation, resource management...
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Justine Townsend
Faisal Moola
Mary-Kate Craig
Resource Date:
November
2020
Nature-based solutions (NbS) to climate change mitigation—such as ecosystem protection or conservation, improved forest management practices, as well as afforestation—can significantly reduce global...
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Dylan Fraser
Thomas Coon
Michael Prince
Rene Dion
Louis Bernatchez
Despite their dual importance in the assessment of endangered/threatened species, there have been few attempts to integrate traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and evolutionary biology knowledge...
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Resource Date:
April
2022
Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report assesses the impacts of climate change, looking at ecosystems...
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Wetland Knowledge Exchange
Taking the permafrost’s pulse – Insights from seven years of a simulated permafrost thaw resource pulse. Dr. Catherine Dieleman, University of Guelph Northern peatland soils are important long-term...
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Alberta NAWMP Partnership
The Landowner Guide to the Alberta Wetland Policy helps landowners understand their rights and responsibilities when working in and around wetlands on their farm or ranch under Alberta’s Wetland...
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Margaret Sawatzky
Amanda Martin
Lenore Fahrig
Resource Date:
January
2019
This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
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Scott Davidson
Ellie Goud
Avni Malhotra
Claire Estey
Percy Korsah
Maria Strack
Resource Date:
April
2021
Vast areas of boreal peatlands are impacted by linear disturbances known as seismic lines. Tree removal and ground disturbance alter vegetation communities and are expected to change ecosystem...
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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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Budiman Minasny
Diana Vigah Adetsu
Matt Aitkenhead
Rebekka R. E. Artz
Nikki Baggaley
Alexandra Barthelmes
Amélie Beucher
Jean Caron
Giulia Conchedda
John Connolly
Raphaël Deragon
Chris Evans
Kjetil Fadnes
Dian Fiantis
Zisis Gagkas
Louis Gilet
Alessandro Gimona
Stephan Glatzel
Mogens H. Greve
Wahaj Habib
Kristell Hergoualc’h
Cecilie Hermansen
Darren B. Kidd
Triven Koganti
Dianna Kopansky
David J. Large
Tuula Larmola
Allan Lilly
Haojie Liu
Matthew Marcus
Maarit Middleton
Keith Morrison
Rasmus Jes Petersen
Tristan Quaife
Line Rochefort
Rudiyanto
Linda Toca
Francesco N. Tubiello
Peter Lystbæk Weber
Simon Weldon
Wirastuti Widyatmanti
Jenny Williamson
Dominik Zak
Peatlands cover only 3–4% of the Earth’s surface, but they store nearly 30% of global soil carbon stock. This significant carbon store is under threat as peatlands continue to be degraded at alarming...
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J. D. White
D. Ahrén
L. Ström
J. Kelly
L. Klemedtsson
B. Keane
F. J. W. Parmentier
An increased frequency of droughts due to anthropogenic climate change can lead to considerable stress for soil microorganisms and their functioning within northern peatlands. A better understanding...
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Methylmercury (MeHg), a bioaccumulative neurotoxin, is microbially produced in anoxic wetland environments. The direct or indirect management of wetlands is pervasive, but many questions remain...
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Yaoze Liu
Bernard Engle
Dennis Flanagan
Margaret Gitau
Sara McMillan
Indrajeet Chaubey
Shweta Singh
This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...