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Conservation Social Science: Understanding People, Conserving Biodiversity
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DESCRIPTION Groundbreaking book that examines the essential contribution of the social sciences to understanding and conserving biodiversity across the globe Authored by leading scholars at the nexus...
Global Peatlands Assessment: The State of the World’s Peatlands
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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...
Land Use Planning: Global Land Outlook Working Paper
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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.
UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15)
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Event Date and Time
December 7th, 2022 at 8:00am to December 19th, 2022 at 5:00pm
Montreal, QC
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Despite on-going efforts, biodiversity is deteriorating worldwide and this decline is projected to worsen with business-as-usual scenarios. The UN Biodiversity Conference will convene governments from...
Video - Alberta's Groundwater: Inventory, Use, Risks, and Management Solutions
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This 2016 talk provides an overview of some of the issues related to groundwater in Alberta.
Video - Aquatic Invasive Species: The Alberta Approach & Program Highlights
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Kate Wilson explains how Alberta is dealing with managing invasive species, and how the process is going.
Video - Do you know your watershed? Learning about the Red Deer River
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This presentation discusses what watershed education looks like in the Red Deer River watershed.
Video - It’s Time for Wetlands Restoration
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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...
Video - Too Much and Too Little Water, Adaptation Strategies for Municipalities
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This presentation discusses explains how climate change and land use changes impact water supply and how we can adapt.
Video - Watershed Management Planning in the Red Deer River Basin
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This presentation outlines the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance's process for watershed planning.
Webinar: Wildlife Camera Survey Guidelines & Metadata Standards
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Event Date and Time
April 25th, 2023 at 12:00pm MST to April 25th, 2023 at 1:00pm MST
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Remote Camera Survey Guidelines (RCSC and WildCAM, unpublished work) and Wildlife Camera Metadata Standards were developed for Alberta (Wildlife Camera Metadata: Standards for Alberta [RCSC, 2022])...