The community that started it all:
Town of Gibsons, BC
The Town of Gibsons is located just north of Vancouver, British Columbia on the Sunshine Coast. It has a population of approximately 4,600 and is roughly 405 hectares in size. With limited resources for infrastructure maintenance and replacement, the Town is increasingly focusing on natural capital and the services it provides as a cost-effective alternative.
Gibsons’ initiative in exploring approaches to natural asset management was the catalyst for the founding of NAI, providing the basis for NAI’s first national project to refine the NAM methodology. Gibsons continues to lead advancements in natural asset management.
Gibsons is fortunate to have many natural assets — nature and the ecosystem services that it provides form a fundamental part of the Town’s infrastructure. Aquifer 560, for example, provides water storage and filtration while delivering drinking water so pure it meets health standards without any chemical treatment.
See the Town of Gibsons’ website for more information on their NAM achievements to date, or browse the projects below.
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From Source to Sea: Aquifer 560 Watershed Natural Asset Management Project
As a leading organization and ‘living lab’ for natural asset management (NAM), the Town of Gibsons, British Columbia, chose to work with…
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Managing Natural Assets to Increase Coastal Resilience – Gibsons
Town of Gibsons, British Columbia Communities all along Canada’s coasts are facing infrastructure challenges. The structures that people originally built to protect their…
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Towards an Eco-Asset Strategy in the Town of Gibsons
Nature plays an integral part in a municipal infrastructure system The condition of urban infrastructure is of universal importance in Canada. For…
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The Town of Gibsons’ Experience in Financial Planning and Reporting
Advancing Municipal Natural Asset Management In the Town of Gibsons, natural assets play an essential role in our infrastructure system. Our foreshore…
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Case Study: Valuation of the Stormwater Management Services in Whitetower Park Ponds
Economic valuation of the stormwater management services provided by the Whitetower Park ponds, Gibsons, BC The town of Gibsons, British Columbia is…
THE LATEST
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Town of Gibsons Completes Milestone Project in Aquifer 560 Watershed
Navigating Climate Change Through Collaborative Natural Asset Management Drought, floods, sea level rise — all these events occur more often and more…
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The Coastal Assets pilot project with the Town of Gibsons, B.C., and Pointe-du-Chêne, N.B., is now complete
Coastal Assets in Gibsons and Pointe-du-Chêne Download the final reports and accompanying technical guidance documents here. Climate change is impacting communities all around the world.…
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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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Lowering development cost charges through eco asset approach
By: Michelle Molnar British Columbia’s coastal Town of Gibsons has demonstrated—again—that effectively managing municipal natural assets can pay huge dividends. The town…
