Backgrounder

September 25, 2008

BUILDING ONTARIO’S INNOVATION ECONOMY

BIOECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT AND CLEAN TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS

The University of Western Ontario

Dr. Irena Creed
Ensuring healthy forests
Provincial Funding: $236,325

Increasing pressure on our ecosystems from climate change and escalating extraction of natural resources has created an urgent need for the development of strategies to protect and conserve healthy ecosystems. At the Catchment Research Facility at the University of Western Ontario, Dr. Irena Creed is tracking the fate of water, nutrients and contaminants cascading down a range of watershed systems. Her findings will guide policy makers towards watershed management strategies that ensure sustainability of natural resources.

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