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The Miistakis Institute is a non-profit charitable organization that undertakes and supports pure and applied research respecting the ecosystems of the Rocky Mountains and surrounding regions, and assists in the development and implementation of collaborative ecosystem management. The Institute ’s mission is to bridge the gap between science, communities and decision making, supporting a transboundary ecosystem-based approach to sustainable land use management in the Crown of the Continent and surrounding regions. Miistakis accomplishes this mission through applied research and tool development in the following areas: Established in 1995, Miistakis takes a strategic view to project selection and cultivates partnerships where key conservation gaps and issues can be deliberately addressed.Miistakis implements relevant research initiatives through an affiliation with the University of Calgary and in close partnership with federal, provincial/state and municipal agencies, landowners, First Nations, conservation organizations and industry. Albertans have an intuitive sense that certain landscapes enhance their communities, that the loss of those valued landscapes diminishes the community, and that some activities threaten those landscapes. The province has seen an unparalleled rate of growth in recent years in population, economic activity and associated land uses, putting tremendous pressure for conversion on those valued landscapes. The complexity of addressing the basic dilemma of reconciling development and conservation activity has led many American communities to implement the Transfer of Development Credits (TDC) tool. ( more )

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