Nature’s Return on Investment: In Toronto’s Port Lands (Brief 1 of 3)
Ombrello Solutions: Alison K. Chave, Jeremy Guth, Shanan Kinsella, Rifa Ali, and Anastasia Mourogova Millin
Ombrello’s Nature’s Return on Investment explores how investment in nature and public infrastructure can unlock development, increase property values, and generate private returns. Using the transformation of Toronto’s Port Lands, the report makes the case for nature as a powerful driver of economic and ecological value.
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Visualizing Connectivity CoLab Summary, Beyond Safe Passage: Building Bridges for Landscape Connectivity
Authored by Jenna Wu, Kevin Robishaw, Sabrina Careri, Aylise Cooke, Victoria Blake, Marta Brocki, Nina-Marie Lister
21 participants were divided into 3 working teams, balanced in the range of expertise represented on each team, including, but not limited to: communications, engineering, ecology, planning policy, landscape architecture, road ecology and community engagement.
The objectives of this work was to highlight wildlife infrastructure as a critical strategy for connecting protected areas and to develop communications materials that support federal investment in the implementation of green infrastructure projects.
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Rural Severances: Challenges & Opportunities for Landscape Productivity in Prince Edward County
By Christopher Alton, Jaimie Cudmore & Nina-Marie Lister
Technical Report Prepared for the Prince Edward Lennox Addington Community Futures Development Corporation
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WILDLIFE CROSSING DATABASE PLATFORM: DESCRIPTION OF THE TOOL AND SUMMARY OF RESEARCH/PRACTITIONER FEEDBACK
Report prepared by Rob Newell, Research project led by Nina-Marie Lister
The wildlife crossing database platform (WCDP) is online tool that can be used to upload, access, and explore data on wildlife crossings in North America. The WCDP website is currently in a beta phase, and the beta version is only accessible to registered users; however, the intention for the next version of WCDP is to have some aspects open to the public. The purpose of having both registered users and (some) public access is to create a tool that can meet two needs for landscape connectivity planning: (1) information sharing among practitioners, and (2) public engagement. WCDP is accessed using the following link, and its features and website pages are described below. – Cited to Rob Newell, 2020