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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.
Red Deer River Watershed Alliance - AGM
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Red Deer, AB
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The Red Deer River Watershed Alliance invites you to join us for our Annual General Meeting on Thursday, June 27nd. This event is being held at the River Bend Golf Course from 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm . We...
Riparian Classification to Benchmark Reclamation of the Athabasca Oil Sands
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A Riparian Classification and Reclamation Guide (‘Riparian Guide’) was recently produced to direct the re-establishment of riparian ecosystems in areas disturbed by oil sands mining in Alberta, Canada
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 - COSIA Design of Experimental Study in Support of Development of a Standard for Fines Measurement in Oil Sands
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Dr. Ron Currie was project lead for a study conducted at NAIT Applied Research Centre for Oil Sands Sustainability (NARCOSS) to help develop a standard for Alberta's oil sands producers to measure...
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 - Geotechnical Insights Into Thickened Tailings, Shell Tailings Testing Facility
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Srboljub Masala is a Senior Geotechnical Engineer with Thurber Engineering Ltd. He describes pilot scale tests at Shell Canada's Tailings Testing Facility at their Muskeg River oil sands mine in NE...
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.