Caribou conservation is one of Canada’s most important ecological challenges. For millennia, many Indigenous Peoples lived alongside and relied upon caribou, a species of great cultural and ecological importance. Unfortunately, caribou populations have severely...
Climate change is expected to significantly disrupt ecological communities. Climate change directly affects species by altering their habitat. However, indirect effects of climate change on species interactions, such as predation and competition, may have...
Mountains make up one-quarter of Canada’s land-mass and are home to unique ecosystems and iconic wildlife, such as grizzly bears, caribou, mountains goats and sheep. Mountain regions are also the traditional homelands of Indigenous...
Mountains and the UN Sustainable Development Goals “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” — Our Common Future:...
Mountains make up one-quarter of Canada’s land-mass, and most are in British Columbia (BC). As our population continues to grow, mountain ecosystems face unprecedented threats to their sustainability, including climate change impacts, biodiversity loss...
The Canadian Parks Collective for Innovation and Leadership (CPCIL) and the Canadian Committee for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (CCIUCN) organized a webinar on July 4th, 2019 to present the 2021-2024 IUCN Draft...
Mountain ecosystems and their local populations provide important resources, such as fresh water and timber, to more than half the world’s population. Mountains also resemble islands, where diverse species and human communities live in...
Un important projet de recherche de @UAIberta identifie des zones de la #forêt #boréale canadienne qui pourraient donner à la #faune plus de temps et d'espace pour s'adapter au #ChangementClimatique (en anglais) : https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/new-framework-identifies-climate-change-refugia-boreal-forest @CanGeo
A major #research project from @UAIberta outlines pockets of #Canada's #boreal #forest that may give #wildlife more time and space to adjust to a changing climate: https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/new-framework-identifies-climate-change-refugia-boreal-forest #ClimateChange @CanGeo
#Appel à contributions : Centres urbains dynamiques et développement durable des #montagnes. Soumettez votre article à « Mountain Research and Development » avant le 7 déc. 2020 (en anglais) : https://bit.ly/33faTVd
Call for papers on urbanization and sustainable #mountain development: What changes are happening, and how can they be shaped to increase #sustainability? Submit your paper to Mountain Research and Development by 7 December 2020 https://bit.ly/33faTVd
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Date limite de financement pour le projet #UAlbertaNorth - 1er octobre ! @UAlbertaNorth offre du #financement, des #bourses et des #prix pour les étudiants de premier cycle, les diplômés et les professeurs (en anglais): https://www.ualberta.ca/north/funding-awards/scholarships-and-awards/index.html
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