The Shediac Bay Association has produced its Rain garden design and construction guide for homeowners! Take a look to learn more about this functional piece of landscaping that benefits pollinators, the environment and your property.
The Shediac Bay Association has produced its Rain garden design and construction guide for homeowners! Take a look to learn more about this functional piece of landscaping that benefits pollinators, the environment and your property.
By phys.org, May 26th, 2021
Healthy urban tree canopies provide shade and water transpiration that can mitigate the warming effects of urban heat islands (UHIs), and new research recently published in Scientific Reports on tree canopy temperatures in New York City by a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) doctoral student offers new insights for urban forestry management.
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Jim Steele, University of Alabama in Huntsville
By the Canadian Institute for Climate Choice
The Canadian Institute for Climate Choices has developed three new case studies in partnership with Smart Prosperity Institute. These case studies inform of the benefits and value of urban forests, green roofs and wetlands.
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Canadian Institute for Climate Choice
By Infrastructure Canada, 14 May, 2021
The second round of funding for the Canada Healthy Communities Initiative is open. Applicants can apply for funding ranging from $5,000 to $250,000 for eligible projects, within an overall envelope of $31 million in federal government funding. Local governments and a variety of community-led organizations are eligible to apply, including charities, Indigenous communities, and registered non-profit organizations. Organizations interested in submitting an application are encouraged to visit healthycommunitiesinitiative.ca to learn more about the program, eligibility criteria and how to apply. Organizations can also register to attend information sessions on the program.
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By the Water Canada, 12 January, 2021
Flooding is a critical issue facing Canadian municipalities that will only become more challenging as we continue to experience the effects of climate change. A 2019 Council of Canadian Academies report quotes damage to physical infrastructure caused by extreme weather as Canada’s top risk and in 2019, for the first time in history, the Bank of Canada listed climate change as one of six vulnerabilities to Canada’s financial system. Considering that extreme weather, including floods, is Canada’s primary climate change risk, stormwater and flood management is an important strategy for enhancing our climate resiliency.
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Alyssa Kelly & Eric Meliton
From: Department of Finance Canada, 19 April, 2021
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On April 19th, the Canadian Government announced a $200 millions fund for natural infrastructure projects. In doing so, it has recognize the role of natural infrastructure such as parks, waterfronts and green spaces in weather event damage mitigation, wellbeing and climate change impact mitigation. The fund will support natural and hybrid infrastructure projects.
This year again, NBEN’s Building Regional Adaptation Capacity and Expertise project is seeking partners to to enhance the outreach of existing or planned natural infrastructure projects in New Brunswick by partnering with organizations to support them in developing educational materials (e.g. panels, brochures, videos etc.). If you think your project could benefit from this opportunity, please fill out the following form before June 1st : Value-added Initiatives for Natural Infrastructure Projects
By the MNAI, 11 March, 2021
Gibsons, B.C., and Pointe-du-Chêne, New Brunswick, are learning about the value of their coastal natural assets and how they can protect against floods, storm surges and coastal erosion, thanks to the Managing Natural Assets to Increase Coastal Resilience project. Led by the Municipal Assets Management Initiative (MNAI), this project is modelling coastal processes to examine how natural assets, such as eelgrass, dunes and beaches, provide ecosystem services to local communities under different management and climate change scenarios.
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Michelle Molnar
Technical Director, Municipal Natural Assets Initiative and Environmental Economist & Policy Analyst, David Suzuki Foundation
This report produced by Lyndsey M. Burrell, as part of a Master’s degree of Environmental Management at University of New Brunswick, documents the range of values and perceptions of forests among local stakeholders. It includes New Brunswickers’ ranking of ecological functions of forests contributing to climate resiliency, familiarity with the vocabulary of natural assets, natural infrastructure, and green infrastructure, and gauges which term best resonates with them.
This report produced by Baani Dhillon, as part of a Master’s degree of Environmental Management at University of New Brunswick, documents the range of values and perceptions of wetlands among local stakeholders. It includes New Brunswickers’ ranking of ecological functions of wetlands contributing to climate resiliency, familiarity with the vocabulary of natural assets, natural infrastructure, and green infrastructure, and gauges which term best resonates with them.