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Interior Habitat indicator for Alberta

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Provides documentation on the development of an interior habitat indicator to be applied across the province of Alberta. The indicator estimates the proportion of interior native cover ... More ≫

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Provides documentation on the development of an interior habitat indicator to be applied across the province of Alberta. The indicator estimates the proportion of interior native cover (terrestrial and aquatic/wetland) that has sufficient quality to support and maintain a diverse community of organisms and ecological processes. The indicator can be applied at different scales, from the entire province to a specific area where human footprint data are available.

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A before after dose response (BADR) : terrestrial biological monitoring framework for the oil sands.

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This Technical Report provides an overview of the hierarchical Before-After Dose-Response (BADR) study design that was developed to provide an integrated, efficient framework for the Terrestrial ... More ≫

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This Technical Report provides an overview of the hierarchical Before-After Dose-Response (BADR) study design that was developed to provide an integrated, efficient framework for the Terrestrial Biological Monitoring (TBM) component of the OSM Program. BADR is a monitoring design that measures changes in select indicator groups and attributes those changes to oil sands activities using two monitoring approaches: (1) Before-After: Monitoring at different phases of oil sands development (currently developed, not developed, and reference); and (2) Dose-Response: Monitoring along a gradient of current oil sands disturbance (high to low). The combination of these two approaches forms the BADR design. By repeatedly surveying monitoring locations within this design over time, the TBM program can gain information on how biological systems respond to known stressor gradients in the oil sands region.

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Stream connectivity indicator for Alberta

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Provides documentation on the development of Stream connectivity indicator to be applied across the province of Alberta.

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Ex situ conservation plan for forest genetic resources in Alberta

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This report summarizes the status and gaps of Alberta’s forest genetic resources archived in gene and clone banks administered by the Government of Alberta under the auspices of the Alberta Tree ... More ≫

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This report summarizes the status and gaps of Alberta’s forest genetic resources archived in gene and clone banks administered by the Government of Alberta under the auspices of the Alberta Tree Improvement and Seed Centre over the past 40 years. Reporting publicly provides Albertans and interested agencies a snapshot of Alberta’s achievements.

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Gr. 2 bugology : an outdoor exploration of the needs of plants and animals : teachers package

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This resource is a teacher's planning and activity package for the Bugs and Biodiversity outdoor program, which explores the diversity of insects and spiders found in the Peace Parkland ecoregion ... More ≫

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This resource is a teacher's planning and activity package for the Bugs and Biodiversity outdoor program, which explores the diversity of insects and spiders found in the Peace Parkland ecoregion of northwestern Alberta. This program package gives details on how the program fits with the Alberta curriculum for Grade 2 Science and includes a planning checklist, information on what to bring along on fieldtrips, parent volunteer information, and supplementary pre-fieldtrip classroom activities, extension activities and resource materials.

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Southeast Alberta Conservation Offset Pilot 2011-2015 : Alberta Agriculture and Forestry final report 2015

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Strategy 3.16 in the finalized South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (2010), identified "The development and evaluation of the southeast Alberta Conservation Offset Pilot" (SEACOP) as a deliverable for ... More ≫

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Strategy 3.16 in the finalized South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (2010), identified "The development and evaluation of the southeast Alberta Conservation Offset Pilot" (SEACOP) as a deliverable for the region in supporting stewardship and conservation on private land. This report outlines the development process of SEACOP from 2011 to 2015, the results of the pilot, and a summary of learnings and recommendations. The report is intended to inform future work on conservation offset initiatives.

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South East Alberta Conservation Offset Pilot

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This fact sheet summarizes information about South East Alberta Conservation Offset Pilot team.

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Southeast Alberta Conservation Offset Pilot : linking decisions and assumptions with generally accepted offset principles

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The Southeast Alberta Conservation Offset Pilot was created to test a voluntary, market-based approach to address temporary industrial impacts on southeastern Alberta native prairie by ... More ≫

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The Southeast Alberta Conservation Offset Pilot was created to test a voluntary, market-based approach to address temporary industrial impacts on southeastern Alberta native prairie by establishing term contracts with private landowners to establish native perennial species on cultivated land. The objective of this report is to show how the decisions and choices made throughout the pilot align with generally-accepted offset principles as described by the Business and Biodiversity Offset Programme and generally-accepted offset practices.

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Development of an offset suitability index to prioritize cultivated lands for the SE Alberta Conservation Offset Pilot

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This project is part of the development work needed for the SE Alberta Conservation Offset Pilot (SEACOP), which allows private landowners to contract for conversion of annually seeded land ... More ≫

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This project is part of the development work needed for the SE Alberta Conservation Offset Pilot (SEACOP), which allows private landowners to contract for conversion of annually seeded land parcels to mixed native grassland. Metrics are needed to prioritize and determine suitability of parcels for conversion.

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Experimental economic evaluation of offset design options for Alberta : a summary of results and policy recommendations

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A conservation offset is a tool that enables industry to offset adverse effects of their activities and development by supporting conservation efforts on other lands. In 2009 the Government of ... More ≫

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A conservation offset is a tool that enables industry to offset adverse effects of their activities and development by supporting conservation efforts on other lands. In 2009 the Government of Alberta commissioned a study to conduct an analysis of conservation offset options for Alberta. The objective of the study was to evaluate a suite of design options in terms of their ecological and economic impacts and their institutional feasibility. The purpose of the analysis is to provide a deeper understanding of the impact of different offset design options on policy goals, and demonstrate through a proof of concept how different policy options could work in a scaled-up regulated offset market.

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