Land Stewardship
"You protect what you love. It is time for today's stewards to ensure that future generations have the opportunity to know the power and beauty of our landscapes."
-Jim Hume, President and CEO, Kahanoff Foundation
The Land Stewardship Initiative is a two-year research and communications endeavour focused on the role of public policy in facilitating land stewardship in western Canada. Land stewardship is the practice of responsible land usage to ensure that natural capital is maintained or enhanced for future generations. Land stewardship policies are actions taken by governments that require, enable or encourage land users to manage land in ways that maintain or enhance natural capital for future generations.
Funding for the Land Stewardship Initiative has been provided by the Agriculture and Food Council of Alberta and the Investment Agriculture Foundation of British Columbia under Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food (ACAAF) program, Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc., Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, AltaLink, the Arthur J.E. Child Foundation, Ducks Unlimited Canada, EnCana Corporation, Shell Canada Limited, Suncor Energy Foundation, and Westcorp Inc. The Canada West Foundation expresses its sincere appreciation for this generous support.
Presentations from the Policy Pioneers Conference
Agricultural and Agri-Environmental Policy Impacts on Land Use: an OECD Perspective
The Murray-Darling Basin Commission -- Leading Water Reform in Australia
New Perspectives on Land Use and Stewardship
Payments for Ecosystem Services and the Future of Land Management
Brad Stelfox's Alberta Historical Landuse and Landscape Data Library, partially funded by the Canada West Foundation as part of the Land Stewardship Initiative.