Author : Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists. Meeting
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 29,13 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9780889771024
Book Description
Presents proceedings of a conference on the ecologically based reclamation and restoration of lands and waters disturbed by human activities. Topics of papers included restoration of mined lands, disturbed wetlands, soils disturbed by seeding and irrigation practices, lands and waters disturbed by removal and dumping of urban snow, and more general topics including effects of climate change over a major river basin and the role of environmental impact assessment in ecological restoration. The final paper is an evaluation of the ecological restoration situation in Canada. Although papers were presented from most parts of Canada, emphasis was on the Canadian prairies.