Why Natural Asset management
Sustainable
Engineered assets have a limited lifespan, but some natural assets can provide services in perpetuity — they grow more valuable over time, providing liveable cities for future generations
Cost Effective
Manages existing assets such as forests or wetlands reduces service delivery and maintenance costs while improving engineered assets’ efficiency
Climate Resilient
As living infrastructure, many natural assets last longer & perform better under increasing pressures from climate change compared to traditional-only approaches
Most Recent Posts
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Setting the bar: Natural Asset Management Standards in Canada
It’s official: In a first for natural asset management, CSA W218, Specifications for natural asset inventories, has been published as a National…
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Register Now! Fall 2023 NAM Workshop Series
Take your natural asset management (NAM) knowledge to the next level; fall registration is now open for NAI’s three-part virtual workshop series!…
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Progress in the Prairies: Natural Asset Management in Saskatoon
The City of Saskatoon is creating a way to work with nature to meet critical service delivery needs through natural asset management (NAM). Specifically,…
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Next Watershed Natural Assets Project Underway in Halifax
News from the East Coast: The Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), together with the Natural Assets Initiative (NAI), is embarking on a natural…
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Acknowledgement
We acknowledge Indigenous Peoples as the traditional stewards of Turtle Island, and that these lands are the ancestral and unceded territories of diverse Inuit, First Nations, and Métis Peoples. We commit to and are responsible for ensuring that natural asset management upholds the principles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We continually seek ways to learn from the harms of the past and move our work forward in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.
Making Nature Count
By sharing the results of natural asset management efforts across Canada, we provide decision-makers with the information and incentive they need to begin working with nature to improve their community.