The NEBN Blog

August 2022

Welcome to the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Network

23/08/2022

  Now, more critically important than ever to human and natural system health, UNESCO Biospheres, including our own Niagara Escarpment Biosphere, help ensure the environmental, cultural, economic, and social sustainability of a [...]

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Launch of Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Network

23/08/2022

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Working Together to Sustain the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere and Address Environmental Challenges The Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Network, a community-led grassroots organization, was introduced to the public during an official [...]

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Two-Eyed Seeing

23/08/2022

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The term Two-Eyed Seeing (Etuaptmumk in Mi’kmaw) means learning to see from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous knowledge, and through the other eye with the strengths of Western knowledge. Guiding this approach has been [...]

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Small but Mighty

23/08/2022

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When it comes to the natural world, “value” is something we have a hard time defining. The human centric mentality of “If we can’t use it, what good is it?” still prevails. More and more research points to the fact that an organism’s [...]

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Acronyms

23/08/2022

In the field of environmental policy, a great number of acronyms are used, which can often make content complex and difficult to follow, particularly for those who are not immersed in this work on a regular basis. As a result, we [...]

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