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Alberta Water Futures: Risks and Opportunities for Water Management
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The AWC decided to investigate the main risks and opportunities for water management in the province through the Alberta Water Futures project.
Alberta Wetland Policy Implementation Review Perspectives Report
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In 2020, the Alberta Water Council (AWC) identified the need to review the implementation of the Alberta Wetland Policy (the policy). This review would support improving and public reporting on the...
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.
National Tree Seed Centre Webinar - Equipment Solutions
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Session one of the Scaling Up Seed Supply webinar series presented by the National Tree Seed Centre. This session focuses on the equipment needed to collect, clean, and store tree and shrub seeds...
National Tree Seed Centre Webinar - Forecasting Fall Seed Crops
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This webinar presented by the National Tree Seed Centre focuses on tree and shrub species that produce seed in the autumn and how to predict if they will produce a good seed crop. Species discussed...
National Tree Seed Centre Webinar - Harvesting Wild Berry Crops
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This webinar presented by the National Tree Seed Centre explains how to collect seeds from berry producing plants species. NTSC staff demonstrate protocols for handling and processing berries to...
National Tree Seed Centre Webinar - Species at Risk
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This webinar presented by the National Tree Seed Centre focuses on tree and shrub species at risk and how to properly and effectively collect and store their seeds for maximum reforestation potential...
National Tree Seed Centre Webinar - Spring Seeding Hardwoods
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This webinar presented by the National Tree Seed Centre teaches the skills and practices needed for collecting seeds from tree species which produce seeds in the spring. NTSC staff discuss maples...
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 - 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...
Webinar: Forecasting Fall Crops; Prévoir les récoltes d’automne
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Event Date and Time
July 12th, 2022 at 2:00pm AST to July 12th, 2022 at 3:00pm AST
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The busiest part of the seed collection season is late summer and autumn, therefore it is crucial to forecast what species are going to produce large seed crops. With proper forecasting, your...
Webinar: Harvesting Berry Crops; Récolter des petits fruits
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June 7th, 2022 at 2:00pm AST to June 7th, 2022 at 3:00pm AST
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This webinar session, titled Harvesting Berry Crops, will instruct how and when to collect berries to maximize viability
Webinar: Spring Seeding Hardwoods; Les semences printanières des feuillus
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May 10th, 2022 at 2:00pm AST to May 10th, 2022 at 3:00pm AST
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This session will revolve around Spring Seeding Hardwoods. The focus will be on maple, willow, poplar, and elm species but questions about other species are welcome and encouraged. The panelists will...