The Blog
It was great to reconnect with some of my favourite Ecologists (Terrastory, Conservation Halton), make some new connections and hear about what others are doing in the fields of restoration economics (Aisling O’Shae of the Massachusetts Department of Fish and … Read more
“The Journey So Far” is highly recommended for anyone interested in how First Nations worldviews and perspectives can be aligned with natural asset initiatives. This groundbreaking document was developed collaboratively by Bill J. Bear, the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region (WMR) and … Read more
The following is an Open Letter to the Province on Proposed Bill 23 released Nov. 17, 2022 This letter has been prepared by a group of Ecologists and Water Resource Engineering consultants with decades of applied municipal land-use planning and … Read more
Reaffirming our commitment to continue to learn about, embrace and share pathways towards truth and reconciliation.
While some of us have been focussed on getting Canadian municipalities to bring natural areas under their jurisdiction into their asset management systems, the Americans have been making some notable and significant strides in advancing natural asset or natural capital … Read more
One of the biggest barriers to moving natural asset / natural infrastructure planning and projects forward identified in the literature (e.g., Barrier identification framework for the implementation of blue and green infrastructures) and among practitioners is the lack of standards … Read more
Investing in “natural assets” or “natural infrastructure” to help us deal with advancing climate change is starting to be considered more seriously and more widely by governments (and others) in Canada (e.g., Integrating Natural Assets with Asset Management, The Maritime … Read more