Forests

Aug
22
2020

Learning to Speak Lichen: Lichen Walk n’ Talk About Air Quality & Climate

Tomorrow Foundation for a Sustainable Future
Aug 22 2020 - 9:30am to 11:00am

Join us to learn about your lichen neighbours, and how to translate what they’re telling us about our urban environment. Not sure what a lichen is? Come and find out! We’ll introduce you to a few of your common (and uncommon) lichen neighbours, and discuss why we think listening to urban lichens is important.

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Source: Tomorrow Foundation for a Sustainable Future

Location

Edmonton , AB
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Air Quality
Climate Change
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Forests
Transportation
Aug
20
2020

Lichens as Biomonitors for Urban Air Quality & Climate

Tomorrow Foundation for a Sustainable Future
Aug 20 2020 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Find out what using lichens as biomonitors for the climate and air pollution is all about. 

Lichens, a symbiotic partnership between algae and fungi, are excellent (and inexpensive!) biomonitors for telling us about climate change and pollution - and Edmonton is ripe to start using them. 

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Source: Tomorrow Foundation for a Sustainable Future
Air Quality
Climate Change
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Forests
Transportation
Jul
28
2020

Urban Trees: Improving Air Quality in Our Neighbourhoods

Tomorrow Foundation for a Sustainable Future
Jul 28 2020 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Join the Tomorrow Foundation (virtually) for Urban Trees: Improving Air Quality in Our Neighbourhoods.

What role do urban trees play in removing air pollution from our neighbourhoods? Anyone interested in air quality, neighbourhoods, planning or urban environments is encouraged to attend this event. Read more about Urban Trees: Improving Air Quality in Our Neighbourhoods

Source: Tomorrow Foundation for a Sustainable Future
Air Quality
Forests
Transportation
Jun
03
2019

New forest certification standard promises better protection for woodland caribou

Alberta Wilderness Association

Today, the Forest Stewardship Council of Canada (FSC Canada) released a new FSC Standard that will guide Canada’s forestry sector. FSC Canada aims to incorporate sustainability into responsible forest management. Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) congratulates FSC for developing a progressive national standard that incorporates conservation measures for species at risk, including a habitat indicator for endangered woodland caribou. Read more about New forest certification standard promises better protection for woodland caribou

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association
Alberta Wilderness Association
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wildlife Protection
Forests
Mar
11
2019

Caribou Habitat Protection Crucial for Cease Fire in War on Wildlife

Alberta Wilderness Association

Caribou scientists published findings today indicating that an intense war on wildlife can increase endangered Alberta and BC woodland caribou populations. Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) is concerned that these findings could be misused by industry and government decision makers to prolong unsustainable forest exploitation while endlessly harming wildlife species. Read more about Caribou Habitat Protection Crucial for Cease Fire in War on Wildlife

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association
Alberta Wilderness Association
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wildlife Protection
Forests
Forest Restoration
Nov
20
2018

Fire Storm: How Wildfire will Shape our Future

Alberta Wilderness Association
Nov 20 2018 - 7:00pm

Please join us at 7pm on Tuesday November 20 at the University of Alberta to hear the acclaimed writer Ed Struzik talk about his latest book “Firestorm: How Wildfire will Shape our Future.” Ed, who also is a Fellow of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy at Queen’s University and a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, will outline why he believes a radically different approach to managing wildfire is needed in this era of global warming. Read more about Fire Storm: How Wildfire will Shape our Future

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Location

Room BUS 2-9
Business Building, University of Alberta
Edmonton , AB
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Alberta Wilderness Association
Climate Change
Wilderness & Parks
Forests
Nov
19
2016

Annual Martha Kostuch Wilderness and Wildlife Trust Fund Lecture: The Will of the Willmore

Alberta Wilderness Association
Nov 19 2016 - 1:00am

The Will of the Willmore – Wild and free, the legacy is ours to defend

 

A Wilderness Defenders Award will be presented to Ray Rasmussen

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Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Location

AWA Hillhurst Cottage School
455 12 Street NW
Calgary , AB
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Alberta Wilderness Association
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wildlife Protection
Forests
Sep
07
2016

Castle Forests in Peril; Restoration Required

Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition
Alberta Wilderness Association

 

Global Forest Watch Canada’s (GFWC) newly released study indicates that the remaining intact forests in the proposed Castle Provincial Park have been significantly reduced.  Between 2000 and 2015, 76% of the forests became disturbed landscapes and are no longer secure habitat and watersheds. Read more about Castle Forests in Peril; Restoration Required

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association
Alberta Wilderness Association
Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wilderness & Parks
Forests
Forest Restoration
Mar
17
2016

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Workshop: Wet Areas Mapping Initiative Year Ten

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
Mar 17 2016 - 2:00pm to 10:00pm

Towards the Goal of Environmental Excellence: Alberta’s Wet Areas Mapping Initiative at Year Ten

Alberta’s wet areas mapping initiative was initiated in 2005 and has made positive contributions to land and forest management. During this ten year time period, the wet areas mapping model has undergone a significant transformation to address complex challenges of mapping lands within the boreal forest. New spin-off modelling tools have also become an operational reality. A new understanding of moisture distributions on the forested landscape at high resolutions has spurred new scientific studies in the field of ecology, growth and yield and reclamation. This scientific symposium will report on a decade of innovation. Read more about Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Workshop: Wet Areas Mapping Initiative Year Ten

Workshop agenda and online registration

Location

Matrix Hotel
10640 100 Avenue NW
Edmonton , AB
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Biodiversity and Wildlife
Forests

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