From The World Resources Institute: The Corporate Ecosystem Services Review: Guidelines for Identifying Business Risks & Opportunities Arising from Ecosystem Change
"Ecosystem degradation is highly relevant to business because companies not only impact ecosystems and the services they provide but also depend on them. Ecosystem degradation, therefore, can pose a number of risks to corporate performance as well as create new business opportunities."
Monday, February 27, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
2011 Census - population data released
Highlights:
- Canada's population grew by 5.9% between 2006 and 2011
- Alberta's population growth rate is the highest among the provinces at 10.8%
- 7 Canadians in 10 are living in one of Canada's 33 census metropolitan areas
Monday, February 6, 2012
Sustaining Canada's Marine Biodiversity
From The Royal Society of Canada: Sustaining Canada’s Marine Biodiversity: Responding to the Challenges Posed by Climate Change, Fisheries, and Aquaculture
"This report’s descriptions of the impact of climate change, the fisheries and aquaculture on biodiversity, and our projections of their future impact, do not present a positive vision of the future. Climate change and its consequences will take hundreds of years, possibly much longer, to reverse. We believe, on the other hand, that the consequences of mistakes in the fisheries and in aquaculture can be fixed more readily — if the effort is made." (From Report in Brief)
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Alternative metrics for measuring research impact
"the current system of measuring scholarly influence doesn't reflect the way many researchers work in an environment driven more and more by the social Web. Research that used to take months or years to reach readers can now find them almost instantly via blogs and Twitter."
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