We work together to achieve greater outcomes.
Collaborative environmental monitoring in the Oil Sands Region.
Lidar and imagery data for Alberta.
Translating monitoring results and scientific information for a range of audiences and end users.
We are committed to working with groups that are interested in the management of Alberta’s living resources.
Working together to mobilize biodiversity data.
A grassroots initiative that works with Indigenous communities interested in biodiversity monitoring.
Learn about landholder information and land access details.
Explore our ongoing and past projects, collaborations, and how we apply research in the field.
View detailed online status reports summarizing land cover and biodiversity information for different regions.
Learn about the species ABMI monitors in Alberta’s encyclopedia of life.
Read and download our academic publications, annual reports, monitoring protocols, and more.
Explore, visualize, and create maps for areas of interest in Alberta.
Manage, store, process, share, and discover environmental sensor data.
Use this tool to instantly generate a report on land cover and biodiversity for many areas of interest across Alberta.
Our code repository for species habitat models, the wildRtrax R package, land cover indicators, and more.
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Our staff have a wide range of expertise that are important to the ABMI's success and day-to-day operations.
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It is important to us that our products and services meet the needs of our partners, collaborators, and stakeholders. We strive to produce relevant and accessible information.
Our Commitment
We know that excellence in stakeholder engagement helps deliver value. We are committed to continually implementing and improving our stakeholder engagement processes to ensure our products meet the needs of our stakeholders.
What are Stakeholders?
IAP2 defines stakeholders as “any individual, group of individuals, organizations or political entity with a stake in the outcome of a decision.”
With Whom Do We Engage?
We are committed to working with groups interested in managing Alberta’s living resources. These include the agriculture, energy, and forest industries; the environmental community; and all levels of government.
International Association of Public Participation (IAP2)
Our Stakeholders Matter
Read about our engagement objectives, our approach, our engagement in action and our process.
Read our 2023-26 Strategic Plan.
Our Engagement Objectives
We strive to engage early and often to:
1. Better understand how ABMI can support resource management systems.
2. Ensure that our information and products meet the needs of stakeholders and communities, through consistent engagement throughout the development cycle.
3. Ensure that our most recent activities and findings are readily available and broadly understood.
4. Make sure others have a voice in how the ABMI operates and communicates our monitoring information.
Our Approach to Engagement
The ABMI follows the IAP2 approach and guidelines for stakeholder engagement throughout our project development cycles.
Our Engagement in Action
In 2017 we entered our 10th year of formal operations. To mark this milestone and guide our future operations, the ABMI launched a 10-year science and program review. The process was designed to evaluate:
1. Our success in meeting the needs of our key partners and stakeholders; and
2. Our scientific framework and success in delivering on our initial scientific objectives.
Engaging on Wetlands
Since 2007, we have monitored wetlands in Alberta through our Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program. We have gathered baseline data from nearly 1,400 shallow open water wetland sites across the province, including information on macroinvertebrates, vascular plants, water depth, and water quality. We have also collected information on bryophytes, lichen, soil mites, mammals, birds, amphibians, and vascular plants at peatland sites. In recent years, we have expanded to satellite-based wetland mapping and the creation of a publicly accessible map of Alberta-wide wetlands classes.
We are currently refining our wetland monitoring approach and are committed to engaging with our data users to ensure that the information we collect addresses their needs. Our efforts have included the release of a public survey over the summer of 2024 and also formed a wetland advisory group in early 2024, which continues to offer valuable guidance.
Stay tuned for updates as we continue to enhance our wetland monitoring efforts across Alberta.
Chelsea Beach Wetlands
During the stakeholder needs assessment portion of the 10-year review, stakeholders identified these needs:
Our Strategic Plan
The results from the stakeholder needs assessment are a driving force behind the ABMI’s updated strategic plan. We have committed to: