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Municipal Natural Assets Initiative | Results from the First National Cohort: Decision-Maker Summary

MNAI has developed a methodology to help local governments identify, value and manage natural assets. This decision-maker summary provides a high-level overview of each pilot project and their key findings.

Natural assets are cost effective, resilient & a key component of sustainable service delivery

Natural assets provide many of the same services to communities as engineered assets but are generally not accounted for and/or are undervalued in asset management practices.

SPI's Scott McFatridge presents at the 2018 North American Congress for Conservation Biology

Scott McFatridge will present on "the potential of permitting, offsets and compensatory measures for achieving species conservation under Canada’s Species at Risk Act"

Call for Chairs in Environment and Economy and Environmental Policy at the University of Ottawa

Nature conservation on private land is essential but undersupplied – economic tools can help

Rewarding nature conservation on private land provides policymakers with a golden opportunity to enhance nature’s services for the public benefit while ensuring viable livelihoods for private landowners.

Economic Tools for Increasing Nature Conservation on Private Land

This brief explores policy tools that can help protect ecosystem services for public benefit while ensuring viable livelihoods for private landowners.

Emma McGuire

SPI Research Fellow, 2017-2018

Webinar | MNAI: Identifying Barriers and Opportunities within the Professional Planning Practice in Ontario

This webinar explored the role of planners in municipal natural asset management, the key barriers and opportunities identified, and potential action steps that could be taken to address those barriers and opportunities.

Stability and climate policy?

Harnessing insights on path dependency, policy feedback, and transition pathways to help accelerate the low-carbon transition