The EMEND Management Committee and Partner Organizations are holding a seminar at the Boreal Research Institute in Peace River to commemorate the first ten years of this world recognized research project.
Ecosystem Management Emulating Natural Disturbance is a fairly new paradigm in forested land management, launched to develop understanding of ecological function at the stand level and landscape level and to maintain ecosystem function.
The EMEND research project is one of the largest forest sustainability research projects in the world. In terms of size, it is 1000 hectares of boreal landscape northwest of
The seminar will deliver early messages on boreal forest ecosystem response to human activities: what has EMEND contributed to our understanding of baseline boreal forest ecosystems and how is it relevant to
The keynote speaker is Dr. John Spence, with guest speaker MLA Frank Oberle, Peace River Constituency.
It is happening November 13, 2009 in
For more information, contact Kate Wilson at the Boreal Research Institute, at 780-618-2624.