| Resource Name |
Rosenberg International Forum:
the Mackenzie River Basin |
| Unique File Number |
319 |
| Information Type |
Public Reporting |
| Surface Water |
A |
| Aquatic Ecosystem |
A |
| Groundwater |
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| Groundwater & Surface Water |
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| Management for Natural & Industrial Hazards |
A |
| Strengths |
Overview of issues in Mackenzie basin, including a list of suggested information needs (very general and largely monitoring) |
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| Challenges |
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| Outstanding Research Questions |
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| Outstanding Research Questions |
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| Information Subtype |
Mackenzie basin |
| Organization |
Rosenberg International Forum |
| Resource Name |
Rosenberg International Forum. 2013. Report of the Rosenberg International Forum's Workshop on Transboundary Relations in the Mackenzie River Basin. |
| Resource Purpose |
The Mackenzie River Basin is among the most intact large-scale ecosystems in North America. It provides significant breeding habitat for migratory birds and aquatic habitat. Sixty-three per cent of the Basin is covered by boreal forest, with another 20 per cent covered by wetlands. While the Basin is relatively undisturbed ecologically, it is at risk both from a warming climate and development pressures from the exploitation of hydrocarbons, non-renewable minerals and hydroelectric potential. These large forces of change threaten the ecological integrity of the Basin, its capacity to provide important environmental services, and its role as homeland to Aboriginal Peoples who rely on the land and its resources to provide food, clothing, water and other necessities of life |
| Type of Information |
report |
| How does this help decision making? |
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| Program Status |
complete |
| NE Coverage |
northern canada |
| Drinking Water |
y |
| Ecosystem |
y |
| Fish |
y |
| Groundwater |
y |
| Public Safety |
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| SW Quality |
y |
| SW Quantity |
y |
| Link |
http://www.ccrnetwork.ca/documents/MackenzieReport_Rosenberg_2013.pdf |
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