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Recognizing nature’s ability to provide resilient & cost-effective infrastructure services | Learn more about #NaturalAssetManagement at naturalassetsinitiative.ca
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Nature is our most valuable asset🌿 Our new video shows how working with nature saves money, builds #ClimateResilience and supports livable communities.

Thank @iisd.org NIWS program for sponsoring this project!
#NaturalAssetManagement #NaturalInfrastructure
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Natural asset management - Being smart with what we've got
YouTube video by Natural Assets Initiative (NAI)
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🎓 Registration is open for Feb 2026!

Whether you're in #AssetManagement, #planning, #engineering, or #environmental services, CLIM050 gives you foundational knowledge to start advancing natural asset management at your organization.

🔗 Register: pcs.royalroads.ca/search/publi...
@royalroads.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Wondering how municipalities & councillors can integrate #NaturalAssets into #Planning, #Budgeting & #Infrastructure decisions? Check out the 24(!) actions in this great resource from the Greenbelt Foundation & AMOntario⤵️

www.greenbelt.ca/natural_asse...
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Nature has no substitute —at the Montreal Climate Security Summit, Minister McGuinty underscores what we already know to be true: natural assets provide critical services that we rely on for prosperity and security, especially in the age of climate change.

#NaturalAssetManagement
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
🌊 The Mill Creek Flood Protection Project is a great example of the advantages of blending grey and #GreenInfrastructure, achieving better flood mitigation while supporting salmon habitats, maintaining recreation, and minimizing environmental impacts.

www.watercanada.net/kelowna-floo...
Kelowna flood protection project honoured for advancing climate-resilient infrastructure - Water Canada
CIMA+ has earned national recognition for its work on the Mill Creek Flood Protection Project in Kelowna, taking home an Award of Excellence at the 2025 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards. […]
www.watercanada.net
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🎓@uwaterlooclimate.bsky.social is accepting applications for the Municipal Climate Adaptation Certificate program | Apply by November 24th!

This program is tailored for #Indigenous community members, #municipal staff & elected officials.

Apply:
uwaterloo.ca/climate-inst...
Municipal Climate Adaptation Certificate | Waterloo Climate Institute | University of Waterloo
Municipal Climate Adaptation Certificate offered by the Waterloo Climate Institute.
uwaterloo.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
THURSDAY - Join our free information session to learn more about NAI and our current natural asset management training programs!

Register: forms.gle/jZWAGGpnfaLG...
October 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🔔❗PUBLISHED: Towards a Two-Eyed Seeing Natural Asset Inventory for Leq’á:mel First Nation

🌿 READ the report: lnkd.in/e-QrCGmf

🌿 WATCH LFN's video on how interweaving Indigenous Knowledge & Western science in #NaturalAssetManagement can support their stewardship www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXvG...
Leq'a:mel First Nation Two Eyed Seeing Natural Asset Inventory
YouTube video by Leq'á:mel First Nation Media
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October 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
📣 The #NaturalAssetManagement Roadmap Program is accepting applications!

Develop practical actions to start accounting for and managing #NaturalAssets as part of your community’s critical hashtag#infrastructure.

🔗 naturalassetsinitiative.ca/roadmap-prog...
@fcm.ca @greenmunicipalfund.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
#BC engineers & public work professionals, don't miss this #NaturalAssetManagement Workshop from EGBC!
🔗 apps.egbc.ca/event?id=C7D...
August 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#Funding alert! Get climate-ready with up to $140,000 to support #Climate adaptation plans and risk assessments from @greenmunicipalfund.bsky.social

Applications are due Sept 16th⤵️
🤝 Planning and action go hand in hand.
Apply for adaptation funding tailored to your #CDNmuni:

✍️ Climate-Ready Plans and Processes funding to build your plan
🛠️ Adaptation in Action funding to bring the plan to life

🔗 greenmunicipalfund.ca/local-leader...
August 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
NEXT WEEK — NAI is joining HRM's Emma Wattie in Halifax for the Atlantic Asset Management Conference!

🌊Our #NaturalAssetManagement planning project in the Nine Mile River Watershed aims to balance development & conserving #ecosystems

🔗https://www.aimnetwork.ca/conference2025
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August 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Make real progress towards your #NaturalAssetManagement Plan with NAI's 4-part #workshop series for 🇨🇦 local governments.

Register today: naturalassetsinitiative.ca/workshop-ser...

#LocalGov #AssetManagement #Training #Subsidized
@fcm.ca @greenmunicipalfund.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“We hope the industry and policymakers will take note of the findings, which show that it matters not only how much forest you remove but also where, how and under what conditions.” - Dr Younes Alila
news.ubc.ca/2025/07/clea...
Clear-cutting linked to 18-fold rise in extreme floods, UBC study finds - UBC News
New research finds long-term impacts on flood size and frequency decades after trees are removed
news.ubc.ca
July 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Investing in #NaturalAssets isn't just about avoiding risk, but also maximizing benefits.

"For example, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, sustainable management of forests and landscapes could yield benefits 15 times greater than investment costs by 2050. "

Thanks @granthamlse.bsky.social!
Overlooking nature is no longer an option for fiscal policy and debt sustainability analyses - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
As international financial institutions review the IMF-World Bank Debt Sustainability Framework, integrating nature must be a core priority, this commentary asserts.
www.lse.ac.uk
July 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The City of Charlottetown's new Climate Action Plan is a great example of practical #ClimateAdaptation planning—and #NaturalAssets play a critical role!

Read our full story⤵️
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Charlottetown Leverages Natural Assets - NAI
The City of Charlottetown underscores the importance of natural infrastructure assets in new Climate Action Plan.
naturalassetsinitiative.ca
July 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Nature is our most valuable asset🌿 Our new video shows how working with nature saves money, builds #ClimateResilience and supports livable communities.

Thank @iisd.org NIWS program for sponsoring this project!
#NaturalAssetManagement #NaturalInfrastructure
youtu.be/RRmPZENelXc
Natural asset management - Being smart with what we've got
YouTube video by Natural Assets Initiative (NAI)
youtu.be
May 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM