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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.
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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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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. The biodiversity…
World Water Day - Resources for Land Use Planners & Policy Makers
March 25, 2020
To mark World Water Day 2020, here's a round up of some excellent water-related resources that may be useful to planners and policy-makers. 1. Learn about 'wet growth,' a…