EVENTS & PUBLICATIONS

Webinar, March 7, 2017 - Howard Madill and Laura Darling, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, "Offsetting for Caribou - Policy and Regulatory Perspective:  British Columbia Government"

• Slide Deck (PDF - 1 MB)
• British Columbia Environmental Mitigation Policy

Webinar, February 22, 2017 - Jennifer Barker, TransCanada Pipelines, "Offsetting in Caribou Range: The NGTL Experience"

• Slide Deck (PDF - 3.5 MB)
• Link to NGTL Offset Measures Plan (NEB website)

Webinar, February 9, 2017 - Ken Corcoran, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and Marcus Eyre, National Energy Board, "Offsetting for Caribou: The Federal Regulatory Perspective"

• Slide Deck: Ken Corcoran, "Range Plans and Critical Habitat Protection for Woodland Caribou, Boreal Population" (PDF - 1.4 MB)
• Slide Deck: Marcus Eyre, "Caribou Habitat Offsets: A Regulatory Perspective from the National Energy Board" (PDF - 1.4 MB)

Webinar, January 25, 2017 - Nikki Way , Pembina Institute, "The Potential Role of Offsets in the Mitigation Hierarchy for Caribou Conservation in Alberta"

• Slide Deck (PDF - 1.7 MB)

Webinar, January 11, 2017 - Tom Habib, Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute, and Marian Weber, InnoTech Alberta Inc., "Economic and Cost Considerations in Offsetting for Caribou Habitat"

• Slide Deck: Tom Habib, "Economic and Ecological Outcomes of Flexible Biodiversity Offset Systems" (PDF - 1.32 MB)
• Silde Deck: Marian Weber, "Economic-Ecological Evaluation of Temporary Biodiversity Offsets in Alberta’s Boreal Forest" (PDF - 1.0 MB)

Webinar, January 5, 2017 - Michael Cody, Cenovus, and John Peters, Silvacom, "Conservation Offset Insights from the LiDea and Algar Caribou Habitat Restoration Projects"

• Slide Deck: Michael Cody, "Cenovus Caribou Habitat Restoration Project: Conservation Offset Insights from the LiDea Project" (PDF - 1.65 MB)
• Slide Deck: John Peters, "AACO: The Algar Caribou Habitat Restoration Project Case Study" (PDF - 1.5MB)

Webinar, December 13, 2016 - Christine Robichaud, Wildlife Biologist, Golder Associates  "Biodiversity Offsets and Caribou Conservation: Opportunities and Challenges"

• Slide deck (PDF)

Webinar, October 21, 2016 - Dave Poulton, Executive Director, AACO "Conservation Offsetting 101 - An Introduction"

• Slide deck (PDF)

Webinar, June 29, 2016 - Thorsten Hebben, Section Head, Surface Water Policy, Alberta Environment and Parks, "Update on Alberta Wetlands Management"

• Slide deck (PDF)
  

Webinar, February 4, 2016 - Todd Zimmerling (ACA), "Review of a 2011 Offset Proposal: Do We Need to Revisit the K.I.S.S. Principle?"

• Slide deck (PDF)  
  

Workshop "Public Lands, Private Conservation: Bridging the Gap", Edmonton, Alberta, October 20, 2015

• Background Paper (1 MB)
• Workshop Summary Report - Ver 1.1 (750 KB)
• Presentation Slides
  • Introduction (650 KB)
    
  • Dave Poulton “Public Lands, Private Conservation: Current Situation, Challenges and Opportunities” (1 MB)
  • Marian Weber “ Considerations for Public Lands Offsets” (600 KB)
  • Carla Gomez Wichtendahl “Property Rights and Biodiversity Offsets on Public Lands” (2 MB)
  • Scott Grindal “Public Lands, Private Conservation: Perspectives from the Oil and Gas Sector” (3 MB)
    
  • Gord Whitmore “Conservation on Public Lands:  Forest Industry Perspective” (10 MB)
  • “Biodiversity Offsets in Alberta:  The Land Trusts’ Point of View” (2 MB)