Tag: municipalities
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Blog Post
Pelham Greenbelt Project Reveals how Nature Provides Millions in Stormwater Management
A recent project in the Town of Pelham, Ontario, reveals how much communities in the Greater Golden Horseshoe region rely on natural…
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Blog Post
Saanich Inventory Project Part of NAM Surge on Southern Vancouver Island
The District of Saanich (Saanich) is leveling-up in natural asset management (NAM) with the completion of their first natural asset inventory! The…
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News Release
Our Recommendations for Canada’s 2025 Budget
The federal government has taken a number of steps to advance natural asset management in Canada. This includes launching the Natural Infrastructure Fund,…
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Natural Asset Management – Are we moving forward?
Tracking Progress in NAM — Monitoring Report Phase 2 The goal of the second Monitoring Report is to update stakeholders on the…
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Valuation
The Price of Nature
How to Recognize Nature’s Value in Natural Asset Management Oscar Wilde once observed that “a cynic knows the price of everything and…
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Post
Piloting Natural Asset Management: National Cohorts
The Natural Assets Initiative (previously the Municipal Natural Assets Initiative, or MNAI) was convened in 2016 with the goal of refining, testing,…
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Education
How to Include NAM in Asset Management Plans
From development pressures to impacts from our changing climate, the demands put on municipalities to meet its infrastructure needs requires new, progressive…
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Roadmap
Natural Asset Management Roadmap Program – Applications Now Open
Start planning with nature in your community today! This session of the Roadmap Program is now full. Please refer to the Available Programs page…
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Finance
Accounting for nature: meet the champions leading natural asset management in Rossland, BC
City integrates nature considerations into new procurement policy Located just north of the Canada-U.S. border sits the City of Rossland, British Columbia.…
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Workshops
Register Now! Fall 2023 NAM Workshop Series
Register Now! Fall 2023 NAM Workshop Series Take your natural asset management (NAM) knowledge to the next level; fall registration is now…
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Newsrelease
We are the Natural Assets Initiative
We’re not re-branding! …But we are changing our name to better reflect all that we do and all those we work with.…
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News Release
News Release: NAI Legal Primer Sheds Light on Obligations, Powers of Local Governments to Protect Nature
Primer suggests growing legal justification for protecting nature in a disrupted climate VICTORIA, BC, February 21, 2023 – With climate change revealing our communities’ true…
