Posts Tagged ‘Richard Schneider’
Conservation Trade-offs
BY RICHARD SCHNEIDER
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Situations where conservation objectives are themselves in conflict are challenging for conservationists to grapple with and lead to divisions within the conservation community.
How Do UCP Environmental Policies Stack Up?
BY RICHARD SCHNEIDER
One thing almost all Albertans will agree on is that it’s important to take good care of our environment, both for our own well-being and for the generations that will follow. So how are we doing on the environmental protection front? In this article we will review how past and present governments have sought to balance resource development with environmental protection.
Read MoreCitizen Science Update: 2022 in Review
Nature Alberta lent its support to three locally run citizen science initiatives. Here we provide highlights from each of the three projects.
Read MoreThe Long and Winding Road to Caribou Recovery in Alberta
Recorded Presentation
Speaker: Dr. Richard Schneider
Host: Nature Alberta
The High Cost of Freedom
BY RICHARD SCHNEIDER
Premier Danielle Smith’s sovereignty legislation has nothing to do with establishing Alberta’s “rightful” place in Confederation. It is simply a unilateral decision to ignore federal rules the premier doesn’t like. The flaw in Premier Smith’s reasoning is that the rules she is proposing to ignore are not Ottawa’s rules. They are Canadian rules. Most of them involve environmental protection, which is something Albertans value highly.
Read MoreMaking Citizen Science Count
BY RICHARD SCHNEIDER
As naturalists, we love to watch wildlife, but if we want wild species to remain viable we need to actively contribute to their conservation.
Coal Mining in the Eastern Slopes is not in the public interest: new report
A new report from the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy indicates that coal mining in the Eastern Slopes is not in the public interest. The researchers conclude that the government should consider banning coal mining in the Eastern Slopes.
Read MoreWhat Happened to Sustainable Forestry?
The progress we’ve made in advancing ecological forest management is now under threat. The Kenney government is planning to boost harvest rates by 33%, far past sustainable limits. Click to read more and find out how you can help make a difference.
Read MoreLife in a Warmer World
Time Travelling into Alberta’s Future
BY RICHARD SCHNEIDER
How warm is it going to get, what will the ecological responses be like and where do we go from here?
Read MoreThe Swift Fox: A Canadian Conservation Success Story
BY LU CARBYN, NIKKI PASKAR, KRISTY BLY, AND RICHARD SCHNEIDER
The swift fox reintroduction program successfully brought the fastest member of the wild dog family’s population from Extirpated to Endangered, and finally to Threatened. Although it began with an illegal publicity stunt by a game farm, structured efforts soon followed. Habitat conservation continues to be a key issue for swift fox populations.
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