New Report
The Application of Property Rights in Ecosystem Service Markets examines the background, the potential and the regulatory limitations to using market-based tools in Alberta.
CONNECTING RESEARCH AND POLICY FOR BETTER LAND MANAGEMENT
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See Dave's key takeaways from the Environmental Markets & Finance Summit (including how hotel owners are paying insurance premiums to protect coral reefs)
Losing the values of prime farmland in Alberta
ALI recently released a report on the fragmentation and conversion of agricultural land in Alberta. Read more from Dr. Brent Swallow.
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Alberta is changing before our eyes. More people are living in the province than ever before, and as they come here to build lives, raise families, and find futures, the landscape shifts around them.
Changes on the land often lead to evolutions in policy, so to support better land management, the Alberta Land Institute provides impartial, academic research to inform policymakers, stakeholders, and the public about important land use issues.
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How the Beatles & Beyoncé are powering soil conservation research in Alberta
September 30, 2020
When you think of accepting an internship with ALI’s Soil Health Initiative, images of standing in a canola field, digging up soil cores and getting dirty come to mind. …
Municipalities & Biodiversity Webinar Replay
September 21, 2020
If you want to protect biodiversity you should ditch the corn chips  On September 16, we invited 3 guests to share their expertise about the role municipalities play in…
Biodiversity Offsets 101 Replay
May 27, 2020
On May 22, International Day for Biological Diversity, we partnered with Miistakis Institute to present an introductory webinar about biodiversity offsets. Â The biodiversity…