Boreal Forest Plant & Seed Technology Access Center

北方森林植物

• 批准号: 529844-2018
• 负责人: Bajic, Jelena
• 金额: $ 25.82万
• 依托单位: Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Technology Access Centre
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=697889
• 关键词: Boreal; Forest; Plant; Seed; Technology

The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) provides applied research and support for businesses and communities through its Boreal Research Institute (BRI) located in Peace River, Alberta. The boreal forest is the largest public resource in Canada. The people of Canada look to the boreal forest to provide economic, environmental, and cultural resources. The importance of the boreal forest is expressed in the strengthening of historic regulations protecting soil and water, and in the additional of regulations addressing biodiversity, wildlife habitat, and traditional land use. Increased economic activity and climate change are threatening the sustainability of the forest and its ability to provide all of the values Canadians desire from it. In stark contrast to our ability to plant and grow commercial spruce and pine trees, our ability to establish other plant species is limited by knowledge, capacity, and skilled labour. Innovative and effective plant and seed technologies are needed to reduce the impact of these challenges and their associated costs. Plant and seed technologies is an emergent field in northern Alberta that refers to methods for pre-treating seeds, including chemical treatments, and physical treatments such as pelleting. Plant and seed technologies also includes developing equipment to efficiently collect, handle, test and deliver seed as well as establishing orchards. Technology solutions are required for incorporation of traditional values in reforesting disturbances such as harvest blocks, access roads, landings, in-bush processing sites, and after severe wildfire or insect outbreaks where reforestation technologies are needed as part of a response to climate change.

北方阿尔伯塔理工学院（NAIT）为企业提供应用研究和支持 通过其位于阿尔伯塔和平河的北方研究所（BRI），北方 森林是加拿大最大的公共资源。加拿大人指望北方森林提供 经济、环境和文化资源。北方森林的重要性表现在 加强保护土壤和水的历史法规，并在补充法规中解决 生物多样性、野生动物栖息地和传统土地利用。经济活动增加和气候变化 威胁到森林的可持续性及其提供加拿大人希望从中获得的所有价值的能力。 与我们种植和种植商业云杉和松树的能力形成鲜明对比的是，我们建立 其他植物物种受到知识、能力和熟练劳动力的限制。创新和高效的工厂， 需要种子技术来减少这些挑战的影响及其相关费用。厂房及 种子技术是北方阿尔伯塔的新兴领域，其涉及预处理种子的方法， 包括化学处理和物理处理如造粒。植物和种子技术还 包括开发有效收集、处理、测试和运送种子的设备， 果园需要技术解决办法，将传统价值观纳入重新造林 干扰，如收获区，通道，着陆，灌木加工场，以及严重的野火后 或昆虫爆发，需要重新造林技术作为应对气候变化的一部分。