Generating actionable science to inform sustainable freshwater ecosystem use and shoreline development in Canada in the face of increasing human pressure

面对日益增加的人类压力，生成可行的科学知识，为加拿大的可持续淡水生态系统利用和海岸线开发提供信息

• 批准号: 570434-2021
• 负责人: Cooke, StevenSJ
• 金额: $ 19.19万
• 依托单位: Carleton University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=745189
• 关键词: Generating; actionable; science; inform; sustainable

The pandemic triggered shifts in human activity that are expected to have long-term consequences on the environment. This is particularly true for freshwater ecosystems in Canada given that there has been an exodus from cities to more rural environments with a desire to build waterfront dwellings or "update" cottages to be full time residences. There have also been dramatic increases in recreational boating. Such activities are good for short-term economic growth but management agencies struggle with providing guidance and regulatory decisions that ensure long-term ecosystem health and sustainability. The goal of this partnership is to generate useable knowledge that will ensure that pandemic-related pressures on freshwater ecosystems are adequately managed and mitigated to ensure the ecosystem services provided by our aquatic systems are maintained for long-term benefit. This project will address specific challenges faced by resource managers, stewardship organizations, developers and waterfront communities related to 1. The increased use of different strategies to control aquatic plant growth in front of waterfront properties. 2. The rapid demand for waterfront property changes such as shoreline development and the transition of natural habitats to manicured or ornamental habitats. 3. Increased watercraft use on our large rivers and lakes adjacent to shorelines. The Kawartha Region Conservation Authority, the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority and Parks Canada (Ontario Waterways group) all submitted challenges that were inherently interconnected with a focus on shoreline development and recreational use of waterbodies in eastern Ontario. We have therefore partnered with all of those organizations and expanded the team to include the Love Your Lakes program of the Canadian Wildlife Federation to ensure broad sharing of our findings. This research will inform management decisions concerning the challenge of this unprecedented acceleration of shoreline development and freshwater ecosystem use. The focal area for this research will be in the Trent-Severn and Rideau waterways which each have millions of people within several hours drive but the work done here will be more germane to freshwater ecosystem management in Canada.

这场大流行引发了人类活动的变化，预计将对环境产生长期影响。对于加拿大的淡水生态系统来说尤其如此，因为人们从城市流向更多的农村环境，希望建造海滨住宅或“更新”小屋成为全职住宅。休闲划船活动也急剧增加。此类活动有利于短期经济增长，但管理机构难以提供确保长期生态系统健康和可持续性的指导和监管决策。这一伙伴关系的目标是产生可用的知识，以确保淡水生态系统与流行病相关的压力得到充分管理和减轻，以确保我们的水生系统提供的生态系统服务能够维持长期利益。该项目将解决资源管理者、管理组织、开发商和滨水社区面临的具体挑战，涉及以下方面： 1. 增加使用不同策略来控制滨水地产前的水生植物生长。 2. 对滨水地产变化的快速需求，例如海岸线开发以及自然栖息地向修剪整齐或观赏性栖息地的转变。 3. 靠近海岸线的大型河流和湖泊上船只的使用增加。卡沃萨地区保护局、里多谷保护局和加拿大公园管理局（安大略省水道集团）都提交了挑战，这些挑战本质上与安大略省东部海岸线开发和水体娱乐利用的重点有关。因此，我们与所有这些组织合作，并扩大了团队，将加拿大野生动物联合会的“爱你的湖泊”计划纳入其中，以确保广泛分享我们的发现。这项研究将为有关海岸线开发和淡水生态系统利用前所未有的加速挑战的管理决策提供信息。这项研究的重点区域将是特伦特-塞文和里多水道，这两个水道在几个小时的车程内都有数百万人，但这里所做的工作将与加拿大的淡水生态系统管理更加密切。