Tag: ecosystem services
New Primer Helps Put Dollar Value on Local Hydrology in B.C.
The Partnership for Water Sustainability in BC has released a primer on the Ecological Accounting Process (EAP), a tool for stakeholders to implement a...
Report: Undervaluing Healthy Rivers Causes Long-Term Economic Risk
A WWF report published this week highlights the capacity of healthy rivers to help mitigate flooding disasters, but it warns that the ecosystem services...
ALUS Recognizes Ecosystem Services of Ont. Researcher, Producer
ALUS Canada and The W. Garfield Weston Foundation presented two Innovation Awards, each worth $10,000, during an awards presentation held at Y U Ranch in Tillsonburg,...
New Management Document for Nanaimo Marsh
An updated management document for the conservation of Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo, British Columbia has been approved by the City Council.
Using what the city...
Fund Will Help Alta. Farmers with Wetland Projects
Alberta philanthropist David Bissett and the national charitable organization ALUS Canada today announced The Bissett Action Fund, a $500,000 gift which will help support...
Agriculture Program in Support of Ecological Goods and Services Re-Launches in...
More than 100 people gathered in Edmonton this week for the relaunch of ALUS Canada—a national program that uses a market-based system to fund...
City of Richmond Adopts a New City-Wide Strategy for Green Infrastructure
The City of Richmond in British Columbia has adopted a new strategy for guiding decisions regarding the city-wide system of natural areas and the...
