Field and Laboratory Tools and Instruments for Boreal Reclamation

用于北方填海的现场和实验室工具和仪器

• 批准号: 461265-2013
• 负责人: Seaton, Hugh
• 金额: $ 8.32万
• 依托单位: Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research Tools and Instruments Grants
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=542535
• 关键词: Field; Laboratory; Tools; Instruments; Boreal

NAIT Boreal Research Institute (NBRI) is a satellite campus of NAIT located in Peace River, Alberta, 500 km northwest of Edmonton. Resource industry growth in the Peace River Oilsands is placing pressure on the boreal forest ecosystem, including a backlog of 15,000 abandoned oil and gas well sites in northwest Alberta. The Province of Alberta has introduced stringent environmental regulations to guide forest reclamation. Oil and gas companies are motivated to meet and exceed these regulations. To be successful, oil and gas companies face an urgency to find science-based, cost effective reclamation techniques. Industry is further motivated to build the capacity of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) reclamation enterprises and commercial greenhouse, as these SMEs are a vital part of the forest reclamation supply chain. NAIT secured funding through Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and the Government of Alberta and, in addition to NAIT's direct funding, constructed a research greenhouse and associated laboratory facilities to produce seed banks and to propagate plants suitable for forest reclamation. ARTI funds are incremental but complementary to these existing greenhouse and laboratory facilities. In particular, ARTI funds will add important analytical capability. The ARTI-related laboratory equipment allows for soil, water, and plant chemistry analyses and for seed viability and plant physiology tests. Understanding "how" and "why" seeds and plants used in forest reclamation perform in the field, and under specific physical and chemical soil conditions, will significantly improve reclamation research outcomes. The equipment will enable landscape-scale ecosystem assessment through a network of environmental and watershed monitoring stations. Ultimately, applied research in boreal reclamation will benefit industry, and provide ecological outcomes of value to the general public.

NAIT北方研究所（NBRI）是NAIT的一个卫星校园，位于阿尔伯塔的和平河，埃德蒙顿西北500公里。和平河油砂区资源工业的增长给北方森林生态系统带来了压力，包括阿尔伯塔西北部积压的15,000个废弃的石油和天然气井场。阿尔伯塔省出台了严格的环境法规来指导森林开垦。 石油和天然气公司有动力满足并超越这些法规。为了取得成功，石油和天然气公司迫切需要找到基于科学的，具有成本效益的回收技术。工业界进一步积极建设中小型企业开垦企业和商业温室的能力，因为这些中小型企业是森林开垦供应链的重要组成部分。NAIT通过加拿大创新基金会（CFI）和阿尔伯塔政府获得资金，除了NAIT的直接资金外，还建造了一个研究温室和相关的实验室设施，以生产种子库和繁殖适合森林开垦的植物。阿尔蒂技术倡议的资金是递增的，但对这些现有的温室和实验室设施是补充。特别是，阿尔蒂基金将增加重要的分析能力。与人工呼吸相关的实验室设备可用于土壤、水和植物化学分析，以及种子活力和植物生理学测试。了解“如何”和“为什么”用于森林复垦的种子和植物在现场，并在特定的物理和化学土壤条件下，将显着提高复垦研究成果。该设备将通过一个环境和流域监测站网络，进行生态系统评估。最终，北方填海的应用研究将有利于工业，并为公众提供有价值的生态成果。