Improving methodologies for monitoring terrestrial biodiversity and supporting environmental management in Alberta's Oil Sands region

改进监测陆地生物多样性和支持艾伯塔省油砂地区环境管理的方法

• 批准号: 446660-2012
• 负责人: Bayne, Erin
• 金额: $ 9.18万
• 依托单位: University of Alberta
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2016-01-01 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=597061
• 关键词: Improving; methodologies; monitoring; terrestrial; biodiversity

Development of Alberta's Oil Sands resources is of economic importance to Canada but necessitates prudent management of the cumulative impacts valuable boreal ecosystems. Successful management in turn depends on reliable monitoring of biodiversity. The energy industry expends considerable time and money monitoring biodiversity in the Oil Sands, but the return on this investment has been limited by a lack of standardized methodologies and coordinated implementation. Regional monitoring programs, such as the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute, are designed to track long-term biodiversity trends over large areas, but their results provide only partial information for addressing the needs of individual energy developments. We propose to conduct research designed to effectively link biodiversity monitoring from the scale of local energy projects to broader cumulative effects in the Oil Sands region. We will test new sampling protocols using automated survey technologies to improve standardized monitoring of both rare and common species. These protocols will be applied within a monitoring framework designed to address both shorter-term, localized impacts and longer-term cumulative changes. We will also develop dependable models of animal and plant responses to landscape change to inform impact assessment and management planning, and we will test novel statistical approaches for obtaining better information on wildlife population abundances. This project will provide new tools for use in improving environmental monitoring and management in Canada's Oil Sands and beyond. Such improvements will facilitate efforts to meet economic objectives while safeguarding the environment, thereby benefitting industry and the Canadian public.

艾伯塔省油砂资源的发展对加拿大具有经济重要性，但必须谨慎管理累积影响有价值的北方生态系统。成功的管理反过来取决于对生物多样性的可靠监测。能源行业花费了大量时间和金钱监测油砂的生物多样性，但是由于缺乏标准化的方法和协调的实施，这项投资的回报受到了限制。区域监测计划，例如艾伯塔省生物多样性监测研究所，旨在跟踪大面积的长期生物多样性趋势，但它们的结果仅提供了部分信息来满足个人能源发展需求。我们建议进行研究，旨在有效地将生物多样性监测从当地能源项目的规模联系起来，以与油砂地区的更广泛的累积效应。我们将使用自动调查技术测试新的采样方案，以改善对稀有物种和常见物种的标准化监测。这些协议将应用于监视框架中，旨在解决较短的局部影响和长期累积变化。我们还将开发可靠的动物和植物对景观变化的反应模型，以告知影响评估和管理计划，并将测试新颖的统计方法，以获取有关野生动植物种群丰度的更好信息。该项目将为改善加拿大油砂及其他地区的环境监测和管理提供新的工具。这种改进将有助于在保护环境的同时努力实现经济目标，从而使行业和加拿大公众受益。