##  [Routes to Response: A Conceptual Framework to Detect the Effect of Oil Sands Industrial Activity on the Land](/resource/routes-response-conceptual-framework-detect-effect-oil-sands-industrial-activity-land) 

Organization

[Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI)](/organization/alberta-biodiversity-monitoring-institute-abmi)

 

 

Resource Type

[Fact sheet](/taxonomy/term/34)

 

 

Author(s)

ABMI

 

 

Original Authors

ABMI

 

 

Resource Date:

2024

 

Page Length

1

 

 

The Oil Sands Monitoring Program is assessing the environmental impacts of oil sands development at different spatial scales. Monitoring in the Oil Sands Region operates under a consistent framework that identifies the major pressures, stressors, pathways, and responses that lead to environmental change. This framework guides the design for land-based biological monitoring — with a focus on wildlife monitoring — and helps identify where and how oil sands stressors affect different species of birds and mammals.

The framework connects environmental responses to natural and human pressures through a complex web of pathways. A conceptual model maps out the routes to response for the terrestrial monitoring component.