Generating actionable science to inform sustainable freshwater ecosystem use and shoreline development in Canada in the face of increasing human pressure

面对日益增加的人类压力，生成可行的科学知识，为加拿大的可持续淡水生态系统利用和海岸线开发提供信息

• 批准号: 570434-2021
• 负责人: Cooke, Steven
• 金额: $ 17.72万
• 依托单位: Carleton University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=722285
• 关键词: Generating; actionable; science; inform; sustainable

The pandemic triggered shifts in human activity that are expected to have long-term consequences on the environment. This is particularly true for freshwater ecosystems in Canada given that there has been an exodus from cities to more rural environments with a desire to build waterfront dwellings or "update" cottages to be full time residences. There have also been dramatic increases in recreational boating. Such activities are good for short-term economic growth but management agencies struggle with providing guidance and regulatory decisions that ensure long-term ecosystem health and sustainability. The goal of this partnership is to generate useable knowledge that will ensure that pandemic-related pressures on freshwater ecosystems are adequately managed and mitigated to ensure the ecosystem services provided by our aquatic systems are maintained for long-term benefit. This project will address specific challenges faced by resource managers, stewardship organizations, developers and waterfront communities related to 1. The increased use of different strategies to control aquatic plant growth in front of waterfront properties. 2. The rapid demand for waterfront property changes such as shoreline development and the transition of natural habitats to manicured or ornamental habitats. 3. Increased watercraft use on our large rivers and lakes adjacent to shorelines. The Kawartha Region Conservation Authority, the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority and Parks Canada (Ontario Waterways group) all submitted challenges that were inherently interconnected with a focus on shoreline development and recreational use of waterbodies in eastern Ontario. We have therefore partnered with all of those organizations and expanded the team to include the Love Your Lakes program of the Canadian Wildlife Federation to ensure broad sharing of our findings. This research will inform management decisions concerning the challenge of this unprecedented acceleration of shoreline development and freshwater ecosystem use. The focal area for this research will be in the Trent-Severn and Rideau waterways which each have millions of people within several hours drive but the work done here will be more germane to freshwater ecosystem management in Canada.

这一大流行病引发了人类活动的转变，预计将对环境产生长期影响。这对于加拿大的淡水生态系统来说尤其如此，因为人们已经从城市迁移到更多的农村环境，希望建造海滨住宅或将小屋“更新”为全职住宅。娱乐性划船活动也急剧增加。这些活动有利于短期经济增长，但管理机构难以提供指导和监管决定，以确保长期的生态系统健康和可持续性。这一伙伴关系的目标是产生有用的知识，确保淡水生态系统受到的与流行病有关的压力得到充分管理和缓解，以确保我们的水生系统提供的生态系统服务得到长期维持。该项目将解决资源管理者，管理组织，开发商和海滨社区面临的具体挑战。增加使用不同的策略，以控制水生植物生长在前面的海滨物业。2.对滨水物业的快速需求变化，如海岸线开发和自然栖息地向修剪或装饰栖息地的过渡。3.在我们邻近海岸线的大河和湖泊上增加船只的使用。Kawartha地区保护局、Rideau山谷保护局和加拿大公园局（安大略水道组）都提出了固有的相互关联的挑战，重点是安大略东部的海岸线开发和水体的娱乐利用。因此，我们与所有这些组织合作，并扩大了团队，包括加拿大野生动物联合会的爱你的湖泊计划，以确保广泛分享我们的调查结果。这项研究将为管理层就海岸线开发和淡水生态系统利用前所未有的加速所带来的挑战作出决定提供信息。这项研究的重点领域将是特伦特-塞文和里多水道，这两条水道在几个小时的车程内都有数百万人，但这里所做的工作与加拿大的淡水生态系统管理更为密切。