October 15, 2018

Governments across Canada are focusing on sustainable service delivery – delivering core services in a socially, economically and environmentally responsible manner. Natural assets, such as wetlands, forests, and creeks, provide many of the same services to communities as engineered assets but are generally not accounted for or undervalued--omitting significant dimensions of a community’s financial risk.

July 20, 2019

Healthy ecosystems provide vital services to society at multiple scales, ranging from local to global. Private landowners want to steward and enhance these ecosystem services, but they need the right information and support, as well the appropriate incentives. This brief explores policy tools that can help protect these services for the public benefit while ensuring viable livelihoods for private landowners.

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June 20, 2019

June 15, 2018

In light of increasing concerns over aging infrastructure and urban growth, local governments are looking for ways to improve management of municipal assets that supply community services. At the same time, many communities are experiencing widespread decline in ecosystem quality. Municipal Natural Asset Management has been proposed as offering a sustainable solution to this multifaceted problem.

April 15, 2018

The amount of household waste heading to landfills increased by 18% in Canada from 2002 to 2014. That is in contrast to our peer countries in the OECD where waste has been decreasing. Environmental pricing instruments are an important tool for helping reverse this trend.

This Policy Brief focuses on economic policy tools to encourage waste prevention and diversion at the final consumer stage.

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April 9, 2018

89% of Canadians want to protect species at risk. However, many species at risk are found on private land --which presents a unique challenge compared to protection on public lands. Read our latest Policy Brief on how to engage private landowners in species-at-risk conservation.