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1 Land Use Planning in Alberta: An Overview Biol. 595 Sept. 16, 2009
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2 1930: National Parks Act 1948-1949: Green Zone AB Forest Service Forests Act
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Volume of forest harvested in Alberta, 1930-1999
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Forest Management Areas
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Number of wells drilled per year in Alberta, 1990-2005
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Wellsites Petroleum Sector Footprint
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1900 1950 2000 2050 2100 Year 20 th Century 21 st Century Transportation Sector 0200K800K km Transportation length
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Remaining Intact Forest
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Remaining Intact Forest by Province Global Forest Watch – Sept. 15, 2003
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East Athabasca Caribou Herd
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Land Use Conflicts: Minimal Energy Agriculture Forestry Residential Mining Recreation Native Landscape 1950
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Land Use Conflicts: Serious Energy Agriculture Forestry Residential Mining Recreation Native Landscape Today
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14 Maximize the rate of economic development Mitigate environmental damage
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Source: Pembina, 2005 What is Success? Alberta GDP
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Statistics Canada, 2007
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Gross Domestic Product Index GPI Economic Index GPI Social Index GPI Environmental Index Year Index Genuine Progress Indices (GPI) Source: Anielski et. al. 2001
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Existing Philosophy: Open Frontier Energy Forestry Residential Recreation Agriculture Mining
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Reality: Finite Landscape Energy Forestry Residential Recreation Agriculture Mining
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Environment SRDEnergy
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“There are more and more people doing more and more activities on the same piece of land. The competition between user groups creates conflict, and often puts stress on the finite capacity of our land, air, water and habitat.” “We have reached a tipping point, where sticking with the old rules will not produce the quality of life we have come to expect.”
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Economic Sustainability Environmental Sustainability Social Sustainability Outcome-Based Management Triple Bottom Line
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Everything Everywhere All of the time Natural Limits & Trade-off Decisions
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24 Integrated Regional Planning
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Today’s Actions Tomorrow’s Landscapes Computer Modeling Achievable Future
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