"Land use tools as part of long-term strategy for local development: possibilities for contextual learning,” investigates ways in which rural communities can use land use tools to craft more resilient local development strategies in Alberta. Click to read the backgrounder.
Led by Dr. Sandeep Agrawal, this ALI-funded research project intends to make a key contribution to evidence-based policy development to bolster risk knowledge - and its effective communication - to Albertans. Click to read a backgrounder on the research so far: Say it Loud and Clear: Understanding risk communication in Alberta's Municipalities.
We're pleased to present a summary pdf for our international hit web series: Land Use 2021:A Place for Biodiversity Offsets. Check out the summary document, view the presentation recordings, read the presenter's papers. It's all available on our website. Click to explore.
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.
September 1, 2022
Since July 2022, Sukhwinder Singh has been working as Alberta Land Institute’s Soil Health Coordinator. He is investigating the current state of soil health policies…
December 3, 2021
Soil health is a complex and multidisciplinary subject which is garnering a lot of attention right now. Since August, Soil Health Coordinator Lisa Neame has been laying the…
December 3, 2021
You might have other plans: Holiday shopping, visiting Santa, and celebrating the end of the Festival of Lights. This Sunday, consider observing World Soil Day. Held annually…
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