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Congratulations to all the finalists! And we’re so honoured to be one of them.
Congratulations to all the finalists! We are excited to announce the 2019 Ecostar Award Finalists! So many great businesses, organizations, and individuals…
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Natural solutions can deliver core services in coastal communities
In the face of climate change, coastal communities can look to natural assets to better provide core services to their citizens. Watching…
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MNAI projects will close gaps and make it easier to adopt natural asset management
MNAI is now much closer to launching two essential projects that will greatly help local governments adopt the practice of natural asset…
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Local Alberta governments forging ahead in natural asset management
A September 2019 workshop in Alberta demonstrates how the practice of incorporating natural infrastructure into core decision-making and asset management processes is…
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MNAI September blog: update on Canada’s first watershed-scale initiative
Progress is continuing in Canada’s first watershed-scale, natural asset management project that launched earlier this year. In March, several communities in the…
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Engineers and the move towards municipal natural asset management
Interview with Ryan O’Grady, P.Eng., Director of Engineering, City of Courtenay I was raised on a Saskatchewan grain farm. This introduced me…
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Managing Natural Assets Alongside Engineered Ones – Municipal Water Leader
The natural asset opportunity This interview with MNAI was just published in Municipal Water Leader. Asset management is a familiar concept for…
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Canada’s first watershed-scale municipal natural asset management initiative is now underway!
On Vancouver Island, the Comox Valley Regional District, City of Courtenay, Town of Comox and Village of Cumberland and K’ómoks First Nation…
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News Release: MNAI meets growth with expanded board expertise
NEWS RELEASE MNAI meets growth with expanded board expertise FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (July 2, 2019) VICTORIA, BC – As more and more municipalities…
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New MNAI Decision-Maker Summaries
Below are decision-maker summaries for 5 of MNAI’s most popular research documents from the last year. They are part of a series…
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Reflections on nature-based solutions profiled at European Climate Change Adaptation conference in Lisbon
By Michelle Molnar – NAI’s Technical Director As the technical director for Municipal Natural Assets Initiative, I had the privilege to present…
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Where are they now? West Van
District of West Vancouver First in a series of posts on activities of the 5 original community pilots since completing formal involvement…
