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Everything you need to know about why we need NAM, and how to make nature count.

Natural Asset Management for Local Governments - PDF
Legal Primer

Along with our primary resources above, we publish a number of guides and primers geared towards local governments to grow their NAM knowledge and address challenges and opportunities at their organization. 

Standard for natural asset inventories (CSA WS218)

Below are decision-maker summaries for 5 of NAI’s most popular research documents.

They are part of a series designed to provide local governments with easy-to-access information to help with adoption of municipal natural asset management. These summaries have been drawn from five reports published by NAI between 2017-2019.

NAI undertakes research to achieve:

  • A widespread understanding amongst local governments of the examples of, and the business case for, municipal natural asset management;
  • Enabling conditions for municipal natural asset management to become a mainstream practice across Canada; and,
  • Widespread uptake of tools that enable and encourage local governments to undertake municipal natural asset management.
Natural Asset Management for Local Governments - PDF
Defining and scoping municipal natural assets 
Advancing municipal natural asset management through financial planning and reporting 
ADVANCING MUNICIPAL NATURAL ASSET MANAGEMENT THROUGH COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES FOR PRIVATE LANDS - document cover
Advancing municipal natural asset management through collaborative strategies for private lands
Advancing municipal natural asset management through professional planning: Twelve action steps 
Advancing municipal natural asset management through infrastructure funding opportunities 

Managing natural assets relies on expertise from multiple disciplines, including land planning, engineering, accounting, and many more. Explore our guides and best practices, and become a NAM leader in your field. 

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