Tag: news
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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
A Tale of Two Natural Asset Trajectories
Natural asset management (NAM) is essential for sustaining the resilient and cost-effective services that are provided by healthy, well-stewarded ecosystems across Canada.…
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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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Blog Post
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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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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Announcement
Next Watershed Natural Assets Project Underway in Halifax
News from the East Coast: The Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), together with the Natural Assets Initiative (NAI), is embarking on a natural…
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Update
Land, Water & Natural Resources – Update on NAM and Reconciliation
Great news from Manitoba: the Land, Water and other Natural Resources Inventory — part of collaborative efforts between the Southern Chiefs’ Organization and the mayors…
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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…
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Webinar
Webinar – Do local governments have legal responsibility to nature?
Natural Asset Management Legal Primer Join our webinar on February 21st and learn about the latest jurisprudence related to natural asset management in…
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Blog Post
Interactive Map Connects Nature-based Projects & Practitioners
The good news is that, due to a diversity of actors, there are many new innovative solutions and projects to drive progress…
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Article
The path to scale
Only a few short years ago the Town of Gibsons, BC, pioneered natural asset management and for a while was the single,…
