EMAN Tree Health Data Analysis and Thresholds
 
This document allows partners to standardize the division of collected EMAN partner data into a meaningful format for analysis. As well, the report identifies a reliable, threshold indicator that will directly specify when a serious decline in tree health is occurring within a sample area.

Ecological Monitoring in the News

What's New

Monitoring: Key to Understanding Our Waters
 
"Monitoring: Key to Understanding Our Waters", the 6th Conference of the US National Water Quality Monitoring Council, was held on 18-22 May 2008 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The presentations and po
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National Training Program for Canada's Aquatic Biomonitoring Standard - CABIN
 
The new CABIN (Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network) national training program was launched in April 2008 to provide interested participants across Canada with the standardized protocol for national
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2009 Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute Research Grants Call for Proposals
 
To facilitate continuous improvement of the ABMI, the Science Centre is accepting applications for research funding. Annually, the ABMI allocates up to $150,000 in research grants to support innovativ
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Toyota Earth Day Scholarship Program Deadline
 
To help students improve the state of the environment through school and community activities. Deadline: January 31, 2009.

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Environment Project Grants from the public foundation, 'Captain Planet Foundation, Inc.
 
To help fund projects that help students, aged 6-18, better grasp environmental issues. Deadline: December 31, 2008.

Experimental design considerations for plot-based monitoring; a discussion paper
A discussion paper addressing the topics of study question definition and sampling design as they relate to the Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN) plot based Terrestrial Vegetation Biodiversity Monitoring Protocol.

Delivery of Ecological Monitoring Information to Decision-Makers
A new report describing best practices for the effective delivery of ecological monitoring information and examples from monitoring agencies on improving the push and cultivating the pull for monitoring results.

View ecological monitoring sites within the network
 

 
 
NatureWatch is a suite of community-based "citizen science" monitoring programs through which Environment Canada collects data on indicators of ecosystem health.