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Paper & Poster Presentations
Twenty paper presentations were made on Thursday,
October 5, 2006. The presentations explored three interrelated themes:
- Communities in action;
- Scientific research, environmental
monitoring and conservation projects; and,
- Demonstrations of sustainable
development.
Research papers, Powerpoint presentations and/or abstracts
are linked where available.
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Session 1 - Communities
in Action & Sustainability
Who's driving
what where? Challenges of community-driven nature conservation
Glen Hyman, Laboratoire CNRS Espace et Culture
The Cartwright Nature
Sanctuary - an innovative conservation partnership
Alan Ernest and Robert Edmondson, Hamilton Naturalists' Club and
Conservation Halton
Development and implementation
of an integrated sustainable watershed management strategy through
the process of adaptive environment management
Christine Zimmer, Hazel Breton and Jennifer Dougherty, Credit Valley
Conservation Authority
Sustainable urban/suburban
woodlands: are municipal planning policies effective inmitigating
residential human activity edge effects?
W.J. McWilliam, University of Waterloo
Setting the terms for the creation
of Canadian Biosphere Reserves: from science-driven to citizen-driven
Maureen Reed, University of Saskatchewan
Principles for community conservation
networks in Canada - the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve model
Norm Ruttan, Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve
Community-based decision making
in support of the UNESCO designation of the Clayoquot Sound Biosphere
Reserve
David Fraser and Stan Boychuk, Clayoquot Biosphere Trust
The Giant's Rib Discovery
Centre: an ongoing saga
Anne Redish, Giant's Rib Discovery Centre
Water and wastewater
efficiency: optimizing the land planning, energy, ecological and
agricultural dimensions
Andrew Hellebust, EcoWerks Technologies Corporation
Session 2 - Research, Monitoring and Conservation
Projects
Content analysis of Leading
Edge conference abstracts 1994-2006: highlights and trends
Patrick Lawrence, University of Toledo
Thirty years too soon:
the demise of the preliminary proposals of the Niagara Escarpment
Commission
John Bacher, Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society (PALS)
Conservation of Ontario's
Niagara Escarpment
Bob Barnett, Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy
Land securement for
the Niagara Escarpment Parks and Open Space System, 1985-2006
Tony Buszynski and Neil Hester,Ontario Heritage Trust and Niagara
Escarpment Commission
It's a matter
of compatibility. a Jefferson salamander habitat adjacent to a proposed
new open pit mine. Will Jeff survive?
Deb Fester, Protecting Escarpment Rural Lands (PERL)
An assessment of forest
restoration outcomes and the instruments used to evaluate ecosystem
recovery in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario
Leah Lefler, University of Waterloo
Quarry
rehabilitation provides a public asset in the greenbelt
Sarah Lowe and Ken Zimmerman, Dufferin Aggregates
Novel approaches to quarry restoration:
rehabilitation research and practice
Kathyrn Kuntz, Ontario Aggregate Resources Corporation
Status report
on the implementation of the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan:
implications for the Greenbelt Plan
Nathan Fahey and Debbe Crandall, STORM Coalition (Save the Oak Ridges
Moraine)
Stewardship
and the rural (non-farm) landowner of southern Ontario
Lee-Anne Milburn, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development,
University of Guelph
Nature count$:
the socio-economic benefits of southern Ontario's greenspace
Amy Handyside, Natural Spaces Program, Ministry of Natural Resources
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