The Ecosystem Services Toolkit is a guide offering step-by-step guidance for ecosystem services assessment and analysis. It is an interdisciplinary toolkit for managers and analysts prepared under Value of Nature to Canadians Study Taskforce by Federal, Provincial and Territorial Governments of Canada.
The report was prepared to assist governments, practitioners and investors with land-use planning and infrastructure investment decisions. The report includes a framework for natural infrastructure project implementation.
The storm water map, developed by the Atlantic Stormwater Initiative shows locations of Low Impact Development projects across Atlantic Canada.
The toolkit consists of a user guide and spreadsheet calculator can be used for valuing the monetary and non-monetary benefits of green infrastructure.
This calculator, developed by CNT is a tool for comparing the performance, costs and benefits of Green Infrastructure or Low Impact Development for storm water management. The tool was developed based on hydrology of the Great Lakes region; results could be different for other regions.
The Living Shorelines Academy, funded by the U.S. EPA, and created by Restore America’s Estuaries and the North Carolina Coastal Federation, has developed tools to elevate the understanding, importance and practice of using living shorelines. The website contains training modules, database of reports, map of highlighted living shorelines projects, directory of professionals and more.
The document provides information on established practices, guidelines and standards for naturalized approaches to stormwater management. It uses a multidisciplinary approach in areas such as civil engineering, expertise in environmental and plant ecology, landscape architecture and urban planning.
Soak it Up! Toolkit written by Green Communities Canada presents 16 actions municipalities can take to reduce run off and run off pollution. The toolkit provides examples of what other communities are doing as well as insights from practitioners on what works and what doesn’t. The actions mentioned in the toolkit range from community engagement and capacity building to using green infrastructure on public property. The toolkit also involves a storm water scorecard to analyse communities’ existing policies, plans and programs around green infrastructure and storm water management.
The Climate Adaptation Toolkit for Marine and Coastal Protected Areas contains tools that help protect area managers evaluate vulnerability of sites to climate change, identify adaptation strategies and learn through case studies, reports and other resources. The creation of this toolkit has been guided by marine and coastal protected area managers from Canada, United States and Mexico, built within Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE).