Category: Community Projects
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Studies examine natural assets’ role in coastal risk and resilience
Gibsons, B.C., and Pointe-du-Chêne, New Brunswick, are learning about the value of their coastal natural assets and how they can protect against…
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Meet the world’s first-ever Natural Asset Technician!
What’s that, you ask? Check out this interview with Michelle Lewis at the Town of Gibsons, B.C., to find out. The Town…
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The Grindstone Creek project has been making excellent progress in the few months since it launched
The Grindstone Creek project has been making excellent progress in the few months since it launched (see Greenbelt-MNAI announcement). At the end of November…
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Coastal municipalities launch project to address rising sea levels
Around the world, more and more people are moving from inland regions to live along a coastline. Many move for the coastal…
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Pilot to Protect Species at Risk & Reduce Flooding Through Natural Asset Management Takes Big Step Forward
The Western Painted Turtle, Great Blue Heron, Morrison Creek Lamprey, Little Brown Bat, and other species at risk and their habitat could…
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Northwest New Brunswick communities explore natural asset approach to manage flooding
Spring has arrived in Canada, but for many communities that brings both flowers and flooding. The MNAI team has worked with numerous…
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Greenbelt Foundation Announces Landmark Natural Asset Management Plan in Halton
Greenbelt Foundation 661 Yonge StreetToronto, ON M4Y 1Z9 (416) 960-0001www.greenbelt.ca Greenbelt Foundation Announces Landmark Natural Asset Management Plan in Halton Grindstone Creek…
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News Release & Backgrounder: Nature helps communities manage flooding
(Feb. 24, 2020 Victoria) – The latest research from the Municipal Natural Assets Initiative (MNAI) finds that natural assets like wetlands, forests…
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MNAI Grindstone Creek Project launches!
The Grindstone Creek Project Partners – the City of Burlington, Conservation Halton, Royal Botanical Partners and the Municipal Natural Assets Initiative, together…
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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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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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And then there were 11
The next five community projects testing natural asset management across Canada are underway. The communities are: City of Courtenay and the District…
