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23 Feb Species at Risk and Water & Fisheries Management

Posted at 21:35h in Conservation, Constitution, Fisheries, Habitat, Nature and Biodiversity, Water, Water management by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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The Environment & The Constitution Series: Species at Risk and Water & Fisheries Management AN ELC REPORT SERIES The ELC is pleased to present a series of reports and webinars in relation...

16 Feb Battleground Environment

Posted at 19:40h in Conservation, Constitution, Fisheries, Habitat, Nature and Biodiversity, Water, Water management by Rebecca Kauffman 2 Comments

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Battleground Environment Deconstructing Environmental Jurisdiction under the Canadian Constitution BACKGROUNDER TO AN ELC REPORT SERIES The environment and all that it entails does not specifically appear in the Canadian Constitution. Rather, the environment...

19 Oct CESD finds insufficient Monitoring, Listing and Enforcement is undermining protection of Species at Risk and Biodiversity in Canada

Posted at 18:58h in Fisheries, Habitat, Nature and Biodiversity by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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CESD finds insufficient Monitoring, Listing and Enforcement is undermining protection of Species at Risk and Biodiversity in Canada Since 1995, the Office of the Auditor General of Canada has had a mandate...

27 Jan An update on the E.L. Smith Solar Farm: Case Comment on Edmonton River Valley Conservation Coalition Society v Council of the City of Edmonton

Posted at 18:12h in Habitat, Municipal Government Act, Solar by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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An update on the E.L. Smith Solar Farm: Case Comment on Edmonton River Valley Conservation Coalition Society v Council of the City of Edmonton In August 2021, we released our report “Here...

03 Nov On the wrong path: the proposed Trails Act needs changes to ensure trail management reflects science

Posted at 21:00h in Habitat, Parks & Recreation, Sustainable Communities by Jason Unger 2 Comments

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On the wrong path: the proposed Trails Act needs changes to ensure trail management reflects science Edmonton, Alberta - November 3, 2021 - The Trails Act (Bill 79) was tabled...

28 Oct Changes made to Alberta’s forest laws in May 2021 but has anything really changed?

Posted at 15:04h in Agriculture, Forestry & Mining, Habitat, Land Use by Brenda Heelan Powell 2 Comments

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Changes made to Alberta’s forest laws in May 2021 but has anything really changed? The need to shift to managing forests not forestry Earlier this year, changes were made to the Forests...

21 Oct Accounting for Nature: The Kananaskis Conservation Pass

Posted at 16:00h in Conservation, Habitat, Land Use, Nature and Biodiversity, Parks & Recreation, Sustainable Communities by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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Accounting for Nature: The Kananaskis Conservation Pass In 2022, the Environmental Law Centre (“ELC”) will be releasing a report about the funding of conservation. For our purposes, conservation funding broadly refers to...

27 Jul Bank Swallows and Motorsports

Posted at 22:38h in Habitat, Nature and Biodiversity, Parks & Recreation, Species at Risk, Sustainable Communities by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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Bank Swallows and Motorsports: In the race to save species at risk, we need to pick up the pace This story, like many that deal with species at risk in Canada, is...

16 Dec Woodland Caribou vs. Everybody

Posted at 17:44h in Habitat, Nature and Biodiversity, Species at Risk by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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Woodland Caribou vs. Everybody When you think of Canada and its wildlife, there are a few iconic animal species that might immediately come to mind. Perhaps you think of the beaver,...

14 Nov Moving from Conversion to Conservation: ELC publishes Agricultural Lands Law and Policy in Alberta

Posted at 18:14h in Agriculture, Forestry & Mining, Cumulative Effects, Habitat, Land Use, Market Based Instruments, Nature and Biodiversity, Sustainable Communities by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Moving from Conversion to Conservation: ELC publishes Agricultural Lands Law and Policy in Alberta Alberta’s agricultural lands support numerous social, economic and environmental benefits. Despite this, we have lost and continue...

04 Nov Habitat Matters: Habitat laws, challenges and new directions

Posted at 17:50h in Habitat, Nature and Biodiversity, Species at Risk, Sustainable Communities by Jason Unger 2 Comments

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Habitat Matters: Habitat laws, challenges and new directions Habitat is essential to the survival of all species. Our activities across the landscape have a significant impact on the habitat of other...

29 Oct Are We Just Winging It? Legislative protections for bats: A Bat Week Blog

Posted at 22:09h in Habitat, Nature and Biodiversity by Jason Unger 2 Comments

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Bat Week runs from October 24 to October 31st Correction: An earlier version of this blog has been corrected to note that non-licenced animals may be hunted under s.24 of the...