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As a commercially managed insect, honey bees offer ecosystem services akin to their wild counterparts. This report, commissioned by the Alberta Beekeepers Commission, evaluates the gross economic benefits of managed honey bees in Alberta. It is intended as a first step toward targeted engagement with primary producers in Alberta on the merits of honey bee activity in the province.
We talk a lot about our mission to create ecosystem services and biodiversity markets here in Alberta. We understand the complexity of this work, so we’ve created a fact sheet to break down what market infrastructure is and some of the roles involved in ES and biodiversity markets.
Presented October 2018, in collaboration with the Municipal Natural Asset Initiative Webinar Recording: https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/7864691618638845442
Presented November 2018, in collaboration with UofA's Faculty of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences Webinar Recording: https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/2237254769169317634
A companion document to the Ecosystem Services Roadmap
The final report for Silvacom and Alberta Innovates' project on Assessing the Ecosystem Service Benefits of the COSIA LEAP Program.
The ESBN held a series of sector-based workshops across Alberta to help support the development of a recognized, comprehensive ecosystem services approach that can be adopted by governments, resource-based industries, landowners and land managers, and conservation organizations. Click the Website button below to view the final report and individual sector workshop summaries.
This discussion paper reflects the results of the second goal of Phase 2. Goal 1 was met in 2015 with the release of Interim Report 1 of 3 and the development of the 7-Step Selection Criteria Process that links community values directly to ecosystem change and the services that are provided from that change.
Explaining the need for assessments, how the ABMI is addressing this need through the development of the Ecosystem Services Assessment (ESA) and an example of how it is being applied, by assessing beef production impacts on biodiversity.
A market-based approach for ecosystem services requires knowledge and understanding of how markets for ecosystem services would work. Since 2012, Alberta Innovates has been leading a series of market pilots to understand market drivers, roles and responsibilities of various parties in the market, and how market infrastructure could support ES and biodiversity markets.
What are ecosystem services (ES) and ES markets and why are they important for Alberta?
This discussion paper reflects the results of the first goal of Phase 2. To meet Goal 1, we have developed criteria for selecting Ecosystem Services (ES) and indicators for assessment, making the process repeatable and transparent through selection criteria templates.
Managing the land in southwestern Alberta for biodiversity and provision of ecosystem services is key to the sustainable future of Waterton Biosphere Reserve. Large carnivores are an integral part of the landscape, and an understanding of, and ability to monitor populations of bears and wolves is a critical part of assessing their contribution to and impact on local ecosystems and communities.
The ESBN is developing knowledge to better understand ecosystem services and how we can best manage the land to get the most value out of those services. This booklet showcases how we have been working toward ecosystem services and biodiversity markets in Alberta, highlighting the lessons we have learned and the work we have accomplished.
Poster on native bee research in Alberta
This brochure provides an overview of Alberta's Living Laboratory Project, which aims to restore wetlands in Rocky View County, Alberta. The project will use a market-based instrument known as a "reverse auction"and state-of-the-art science to target and restore wetlands on private lands.
This brochure is aimed at landowners in Rocky View County, Alberta, who may be interested in participating in a wetland restoration program. Since wetlands are known by many terms in the area (e.g., sloughs, potholes) and since wetland benefits were not always well understood, this brochure aims to clarify what wetlands do and why this project would like to restore them.
This brochure is aimed at landowners in Rocky View County, Alberta, who may be interested in participating in a reverse auction for wetland restoration. The brochure describes the bid submission process for this market-based instrument and the types of considerations landowners may make when participating.
