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BERA News Fall 2022
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Understanding how birds respond to landscape disturbance is key to effective restoration. Two studies used non-invasive microphone arrays to determine the exact locations of singing individuals in the...
BERA News Spring 2022
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Mounding is a common restoration technique designed to improve microsite conditions for planted seedlings in wetlands. There are a variety of strategies for constructing mounds, though, and how mounds...
Best Practices and Resources on Climate Resilient Natural Infrastructure
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Best practices and resources on climate resilient natural infrastructure.
CCME Public Review: Draft Excess Soil Reuse Guidance
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A draft Excess Soil Reuse Guidance document from the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment is available for public review and comment until January 3, 2023. It is available in both English...
Key Elements to Guide Governance for Cumulative Effects Assessment, Monitoring and Management
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This document was developed by CCME’s Cumulative Effects Working Group (CEWG).
Peat Fest 2022
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August 30th, 2022 at 12:00am to September 4th, 2022 at 11:59pm
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Welcome to Peat-Fest 2022! The theme of this year’s Peat-Fest is Rights of Peatlands, so we’ll be taking inspiration from the incredible global successes of the Rights of Nature movement and...
Permafrost Thaw Causes Large Carbon Loss in Boreal Peatlands While Changes to Peat Quality are Limited
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Rapid, ongoing permafrost thaw of peatlands in the discontinuous permafrost zone is exposing a globally significant store of soil carbon (C) to microbial processes. Mineralization and release of this...
The Boreal Ecosystem Recovery and Assessment (BERA)
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The boreal region of Alberta contains extensive disturbances from natural resource extraction. Roads, well pads, seismic lines (petroleum-exploration corridors), forest-harvest areas, and other...
The Boreal-Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset
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Here we present the Boreal–Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD), a land cover dataset based on an expert assessment, extrapolated using random forest modelling from available spatial datasets of...
The Edge 2022 (BERA Systhesis)
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The central goal of the Boreal Ecosystem Recovery and Assessment (BERA) program is to understand the effects of industrial disturbance on natural ecosystem dynamics, and to develop strategies for...
The Edge: The BERA Program 2024 Synthesis Report
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The 2024 issue of The Edge summarizes the following key findings: Plan A better understanding of passive recovery trajectories will help guide restoration planning LiDAR is a powerful planning tool...
Wildfire and Degradation Accelerate Northern Peatland Carbon Release
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The northern peatland carbon sink plays a vital role in climate regulation; however, the future of the carbon sink is uncertain, in part, due to the changing interactions of peatlands and wildfire...
Women in Wetlands
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Event Date and Time
June 14th, 2022 at 1:00pm EST to June 14th, 2022 at 3:00pm EST
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Everyone is welcome to join this Women in Wetlands session! On the 14th of June, RE-PEAT and Dr. Elizabeth-Jane Burnett (Northumbria University) are hosting a panel discussion all about women and...