Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute

rdf:langString Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute

rdf:langString Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute

rdf:langString Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute

rdf:langString University of Calgary

rdf:langString Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures

rdf:langString Royal Alberta Museum

rdf:langString $11 M

rdf:langString monitors and reports on biodiversity status in Alberta

rdf:langString Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Program

rdf:langString Stadt, Schieck, Stelfox 2006

rdf:langString The basic survey design consists of 1656 sites, 20 km apart, evenly spaced on a grid pattern across Alberta. Sites will be sampled over a five-year period at a rate of 350 sites/year. Standardized sampling protocols will be used to cover a broad range of species and habitat elements within terrestrial and aquatic environments, as well as broader landscape-level features.

rdf:langString Collaborative monitoring

rdf:langString Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) is an agency that monitors and reports on biodiversity status throughout the province of Alberta, Canada, that is funded equally by the government of Alberta and the oil and gas industry. The Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute is based in Edmonton, Alberta. According to Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures (AITF), a key partner in the ABMI, the ABMI, which acts as "an early warning system by monitoring the cumulative effects of biodiversity change in regions throughout Alberta" is "the largest project of its kind ever attempted in Canada." Collaborating agencies include the government-industry research agency Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures, the University of Alberta, University of Calgary and the Royal Alberta Museum. Along with the Alberta Forest Management Planning Standard, the ABMI are key components to implementing resource planning based on ecosystem management principles. Alberta Environment and Parks consults the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Agency's reports in monitoring and preservation of species, setting benchmarks for biodiversity for land use plans. If industry contributes to the endangerment of a species that falls below these benchmarks, the Government of Alberta can order remedial action.

rdf:langString Greg Taylor Chair Stephen Lougheed Shawn Wasel Secretary/Treasurer Roger Gibbins

rdf:langString Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Program

rdf:langString Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Program