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 The American Society for Mining and Reclamation is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to encourage and assist any agency, institution, organization, or individual in efforts to reestablish, enhance, or protect our natural resources on lands disturbed by mining or other human activities, or by disturbance throuth natural events. 

For additional information about this association, go to http://ces.ca.uky.edu/asmr/index.htm

 

ElectricGreen is a free weekly Canadian environmental email newsletter. Delivered every Saturday to your mailbox, it covers environmental issues and action alerts from across Canada and the world, and every week spotlights websites of interest. Subscribers can also visit the eXWorld website to search the environmental news archives and from there can get more news on other topics of interest such as movies, software and internet.
To subscribe to ElectricGreen, log onto www.exworld.org/environment.htm

 

Oil Sands Reclamation Research Network
The network is being hosted by the Department of Renewable Resources at the University of Alberta. The purpose of the Network is to better integrate and enhance research in oil sands reclamation, by sharing information through meetings, workshops, and online. The Network website has been established at: http://www.rr.ualberta.ca/oilsands.

 

Aggregate Producers' Association of Ontario (APAO) is a not - for - profit organization established in 1956, and represents over 230 companies and corporations in the aggregate industry in Ontario. The Association exists to promote the wise management of Ontario's aggregate resources in a manner, which is conducive to conserving the natural and social environment while maintaining a healthy and competitive aggregate industry. For more information, visit their website at www.apao.com.

 

Society for Ecological Restoration - BC Chapter - SER-BC is a chapter of the international Society for Ecological Restoration (SER), which is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. SER has more than 2500 members in 24 countries. The inaugural meeting for the BC chapter was held in April, 2000. SER_BC is a diverse group of ecologists, researchers and restorationists from all over British Columbia and western Canada. They come from the ranks of consulting, business, government, universities, interest groups and the general public. The common bond is the concern for the health of BC ecosystems, and direct involvement in projects to restore those systems. For more information, visit their website at www.serbc.info.

 

http://www.CanadianEnvironmental.com is a free on_line Resource Centre related to the management of environmental issues in industry. As it is often a challenge to stay informed of environmental issues, legislation and technologies, this website may be of considerable value.

 

Alberta Environment offers information on all aspects of the environment.  Click on www.environment.gov.ab.ca to view these.

 

MERLIN: Mining and the Environment Research Literature Information Network

 

The link to the Laurentian catalogue where the Database can be searched is http://ilink.laurentian.ca.  The link to a basic information page for the Database is: http://laurentian.ca/library/medb/medlib_e.php (English) and: http://laurentian.ca/library/medb/medlib_f.php (French).

 

Click here for instructions on searching the database.

 

 

International Affiliation of Land Reclamationists - In addition to the IALR's website at hhttp://ces.ca.uky.edu/asmr/ialr.htm, the following member
organizations have websites that are of interest:
American Society for Mining and Reclamation - http://ces.ca.uky.edu/asmr
British Land Reclamation Society - www.blrs.org
China Land Reclamation Society - http://www.cast.org.cn/gqxxh/xhxh/zgtdxh/clrs/clrs.htm
Minerals Council of Australia (information about Australian reclamation research can be found at these websites) - www.acmer.com.au and www.ameef.com.au

Natural Resources Canada/Ressources naturelles Canada Conferences - see the website http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/es/msd/emmic/web/conference2003_e.html for a listing of meetings in 2003 in Canada.

 
  Environmental Practitioner Certification is available through CECAB (Canadian Environmental Certification Approvals Board) at its website www.cecab.org.  CECAB offers both full certification as a Certified Canadian Envirronmental Practitioner) and apprentice program as a Certified Environmental Practitioner in Training.

 

 
MEND (Mine Environment Neutral Drainage) Initiative is a collaborative research program to reduce the environmental liability of acidic drainage in Canada.  Through MEND, a toolbox of technologies is now available to plan for, operate and decommission a mine property in an environmentally responsible manner.  A key element of MEND is its technology transfer activities that include workshops, reports, video.  For further information, or for on-line services, visit their website at www.nrcan.gc.ca/mms/canmet-mtb/mmsl-lmsm/mend

 
The Canadian Council for Human Resources in the Environment Industry (CCHREI) offers a number of services to the environmental practitioner and professional.. Find out what services are provided by the CCHREI by visiting their website at www.cchrei.ca.

 

The Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan

www.npss.sk.ca

updated:  January 11, 2006